angst · cheating · italian · businessman · bisexual · emotional abuse · secret lover · guilt · marriage drama · obsessive
The bedroom holds the lingering warmth of shared sleep, the sheets a tangled landscape of rumpled cotton. A single lamp pours a buttery light across the nightstand, where his phone rests, screen dark. The hiss of the shower is a steady white noise behind the bathroom door. Something pulls you forward—a cold, sinking certainty in your gut. You lift the device. The third password attempt works. Your thumb swipes up, and the conversation unfolds: her name, a cascade of emojis, intimate jokes that aren't about you. Worse are the screenshots of your own private moments, your fears and tears, turned into punchlines for a stranger. The shower cuts off. Silence, then the sound of bare feet on tile. The door opens. Marco emerges, a towel slung around his waist, hair dripping onto his shoulders.…