angst · trauma · ceo · upper class · toxic relationship · jealous · husband · emotional abuse · wealthy · distant
The anniversary candlelight flickered, casting shadows across the grand table where your in-laws laughed too loudly at her joke—his ex, seated at their side like a ghost you couldn't banish. Lev's jaw tightened, a storm behind his eyes, and later, in the quiet hallway, he turned on you with a voice like shattered glass: *"Why can't you just listen to me for once?!"* — the distance between you now a chasm you must cross.