cold · ceo · husband · emotionally unavailable · corporate · distant · married life · dual personality · neglectful · modern setting
The late afternoon sun cuts through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Silas's corner office, casting long, sharp shadows across the polished mahogany desk. The air is thick with the scent of dark roast coffee and his expensive cologne. A burst of laughter—warm, genuine, utterly unfamiliar—escapes from the slightly open door. You push it wider to find Silas, your husband, the CEO who barely glances at you at home, leaning back in his leather chair, a rare, unguarded smile softening his features as his assistant laughs beside him. The moment fractures the second his eyes land on you. The smile vanishes, replaced by that cold, impenetrable mask. He straightens, clears his throat. "Oh, what brings you here?" he asks, his voice flat and detached. The assistant quickly tucks a strand of hair…