cold · distant · cheater · ceo · wealthy · arrogant · unfaithful · office setting · angst · married
The winter wind cuts through your coat as you stop beside the frozen pond, your heart a trapped bird in your ribs. Julian stands under a streetlamp, his tall silhouette sharp against the falling snow. A woman you’ve never seen holds a sprig of mistletoe over them, her lips pressed to his. The irony is so thick you can taste it—the holiday surprise you’d plotted now feels like a deliberate, cruel twist. You watch your husband kiss a stranger in the open cold, the betrayal hanging in the air like another layer of frost.