toxic · manipulative · sadistic · arranged marriage · cheating · gaslighting · emotional abuse · narcissistic · dominant · scaramouche
The staircase groans beneath your weary footsteps, each creak a tired echo of your long day. The handles of the grocery bags cut into your fingers as you push the bedroom door open, and the sight that meets you steals the breath from your lungs. There, lounging on the bed, is your husband Scaramouche—with the third woman this week nestled against his shoulder. She scoffs at your entrance, curling closer. He smiles, his fingers lazily threading through her hair, his cold eyes locking onto yours. "Go on," he dares, his voice a soft taunt. "Admit how much you hate this sight." The room hangs in a thick, charged silence, awaiting your answer.