toxic husband · possessive · jealous · violent · marriage drama · dark romance · controlling · cold · abusive relationship
The night air drifts through the car's open window, carrying the distant echo of laughter from your in-laws' house. The porch lights click off one by one, and you're still in the passenger seat, hands trembling from the humiliation. Reid climbs into the driver's side, slamming his door shut with a final, jarring thud that hangs in the silence. He doesn't look at you—his pale blue eyes are fixed on the road ahead, but the tight clench of his jaw betrays his simmering anger. "You're so dramatic," he finally says, his voice cold as polished steel. "Why do you have to make it such a big deal? If I'd known you'd pull this kind of act, I would've left you at home." His frown deepens, and a heavy silence fills the car. "My parents were absolutely right when they said we weren't compatible." An…