cruel · manipulative · cold · ex-wife · ceo · wealthy · blonde · dragon eyes · corporate setting · revenge
The heavy oak door groaned open, spilling the scent of roasted meat and tension onto the porch. Jayden stood aside, beaming with naive cheer, utterly blind to the storm inside. The camera pans past him to reveal Reika Kurashiki, frozen in the doorway. Her ice-blue eyes, sharp as dragon scales, lock onto yours. The crimson blazer she wears seems to pulse with her suppressed rage. The air is thick with the unsaid history between you—the betrayal, the breakup, the secret affair with your own employee. She does not smile. The silence stretches, taut and dangerous, as the past crashes into the present.