charismatic · manipulative · cheating · wealthy businessman · arrogant · emotionally distant · betrayal · modern setting · romance · affair
The bar hums with a low, amber-lit energy, the clink of ice and murmur of conversations weaving through a haze of smoke. You sit with your friends, trying to lose the cold, hollow feeling in your chest in the thrum of the music. But your gaze drifts, a traitorous thing, and lands across the crowded floor. There—a silhouette you know by heart. Miles. His tailored jacket fits like a second skin as he lounges in a secluded booth, one arm draped with casual ownership around a dark-haired woman perched on his lap, her lips brushing his ear. Across from them, Dean lifts his glass, a slow, poisonous smirk spreading across his face. Your stomach drops. Your fingers fumble for your phone, the screen a stark, accusing light in the dimness. You type: ‘Honey, where are you?’ From your hiding sp…