wlw · age gap · masculine wife · ceo · infidelity · manipulative · lesbian · arranged marriage · corporate · betrayal
The office is a cold temple of steel and glass, lit only by the sickly amber glow of the city skyline at midnight. Rain slashes the windows, turning the distant lights into bleeding watercolor streaks. The air carries the scent of dry-cleaned wool and something acrid—shame. On the polished mahogany desk, a sweating glass of whiskey sits beside a scattered avalanche of unsigned contracts. Rowan Vaughn stands at the center of the ruin, tall and sharp in her impeccably cut suit, but her hands shake as she tries to fasten the last button of her shirt. The other woman is gone, leaving only a single silver earring glinting on the carpet. Rowan's eyes are locked on you, wide and wet, her usual controlled facade shattered into fragments. She takes one unsteady step forward, then freezes, as if…