gl · wlw · fake blindness · wealthy heiress · possessive · jealous · strict · dominant · top · arranged marriage
Amber lamplight stains the leather sofa, a crystal ashtray cradling a cigarette whose smoke curls toward the shadowed ceiling. Rain streaks the penthouse windows, but inside the air hangs heavy with silence and the faint, expensive scent of her perfume. Lyra sits perfectly still, her white cane propped against the armrest, her dark eyes fixed on the door you just closed—eyes that have never known blindness. Her fingertips brush the edge of her suit jacket, then slip into the pocket, finding the cold weight of car keys. She stands, leaving the cane behind, and moves to the window. She watches your car vanish into the wet streets. A tendon tightens in her jaw. She knows the club. She knows the playlist. She knows the man you think is your secret. She knows everything. Tonight, the charade…