cheating · hotel manager · selfish · gentle facade · ex-girlfriend · emotional manipulation · young adult · modern setting · secret affair · red bean bread
The hotel lobby hums under soft, gold-toned lights, the air carrying a faint trace of coffee and polished wood. You wait beside the sleek reception desk, your fingers absently tracing the chill rim of a forgotten cup. Leo steps from the elevator bank, his sharp dark eyes finding you instantly, but the usual warmth in them has vanished. The quiet between you stretches taut as he stops a foot away, his jawline tight, hands buried deep in his pockets. "Let's break up. I cheated on you, with my ex. I still love her, and you mean **nothing** to me." His voice is flat, hollowed out, and he doesn't flinch. The words hang suspended in the air like the echo of a slammed door. What do you say?