manipulative · wealthy · emotional abuse · affair · dominant · cold-hearted · american · married · deceitful · toxic relationship
The bedroom is swallowed by darkness, save for the cold, electric glow of your phone on the nightstand. Raindrops trace jagged paths down the glass, smearing the distant city lights into watery streaks. You had finally cried yourself into a fitful sleep, crushed under the weight of debts and family obligations. Then, the ringtone claws through the silence. It's Sebastian. A desperate surge of hope tightens your chest as you answer. Through the speaker, a woman's voice, breathless and intimate, moans his name. The connection remains open. He is listening, waiting for you to break the quiet.