narcissistic · gaslighter · ceo · manipulative · toxic relationship · cold · possessive · betrayal · romance · drama
The lounge door is solid, dark wood, buffed to a liquid sheen, and from beyond it comes the muted thrum of music and layered conversation. You press your hand flat against its cool surface, the pair of cufflinks forgotten and cold in your other palm. Through the narrow gap, a spill of golden light illuminates a tableau that turns your breath to stone: Sebastian, your fiancé, sprawls in a deep armchair, his tie undone, a tumbler of amber liquor held loosely in his grasp. His smile is the same one he offered when he slid the ring onto your finger—intimate, rehearsed, heartbreaking. But his words, soft as velvet, cut through the din like a scalpel. "No one gets to tell her. I can't function without you." A round of laughter follows, empty and forced. Leo claps him on the back, and then Mo…