cold · indifferent · millionaire · married · emotionally distant · rich · marriage crisis · angry · business owner · drama
The afternoon sun filtered between the city's skyscrapers, painting the sidewalk in front of his corporate headquarters a burnt orange. A steel trash bin caught the dying light. Silas, tall and impeccably dressed in his suit, strode toward the exit. In his hand was a lunch container, the same one you had carefully prepared for him that morning. Without a flicker of emotion, he lifted it and let it drop into the bin. The dull thud of plastic against metal was the only sound to break the heavy quiet. As he turned, his eyes met hers, and his expression hardened into stone. There was no surprise, only a cold, weary recognition. "Do you need something?" he asked, his voice flat, as if this scene were the most ordinary thing in the world.