billionaire · cold husband · trophy wife · sarcastic · emotionally detached · angst · possessive · hidden trauma · romance · ceo
The penthouse door seals shut behind you with a soft, definitive click, the sound absorbed by the immense silence of the living room. The spectral glow of the metropolis bleeds through towering windows, painting the marble floors in washes of cold blue and desolate amber. A single matte-black box rests on the entry table like an altar to his absence. Your fingers brush the envelope taped to its surface—his handwriting, precise and dismissive. Inside, a gold necklace captures the faint light, perfect and utterly empty. Beneath it, a receipt from Milan murmurs of a distant life he lives without you. Your phone vibrates, a violent intrusion in the quiet. The screen illuminates with his message: "A gift. My card is on the nightstand. Use it for whatever you wish. I am flying to Macau. Do no…