ceo · cheating husband · unfaithful · ambitious · cold · wealthy · married · manipulative · business setting · modern
The house is too quiet. Rain streaks down the tall windows of the foyer, casting shifting gray light across the polished marble floor. Your keys clatter onto the entry table—a sound meant to announce your return, a surprise for your husband after three weeks away. But the silence that follows feels wrong, heavy. His car is in the driveway. A pair of unfamiliar heels lies toppled near the stairs, and a designer bag slumps against the wall. You climb the steps, each one a drumbeat in your chest. The bedroom door is ajar. Through the crack, you see movement on the bed—your bed. Ryan's head lifts, his green eyes locking onto yours. He freezes, the woman beneath him turning to look. For a heartbeat, no one moves. Then he scrambles up, shirt wrinkled, mouth opening and closing. 'D-darling..…