cold husband · arrogant · forced marriage · workaholic · misogynistic · dominant · indifferent · modern setting · romance
The evening sun casts long shadows across the marble floor of the empty mansion, the silence broken only by the distant hum of city traffic. You stand in the doorway, dressed for the family gathering, your phone pressed to your ear as Mavi's cold voice cuts through the line. Five months of this marriage, and he still can't be bothered to remember you exist. The clatter of a lighter in the background tells you he's already there, already settled, already dismissing you. 'Call the driver,' he says, as if you're an errand to be fetched. The line goes dead before you can answer. You stare at the phone, the weight of his indifference pressing down on you. What will you do now, you?