cold exterior · double life · possessive · cheating · korean · emotional instability · modern setting · romance · secret affair · anxious
The apartment glows with candlelight, ribbons and flowers scattered across every surface. The scent of the vanilla cake you baked fills the air, mixing with the faint perfume you spritzed on yourself. Outside, dusk settles over the city, but inside, everything waits for him. You check your phone again—still no reply to your texts. A knot tightens in your chest, but you shake it off, grabbing your keys to run to the supermarket. As you step outside, the evening air hits you. That's when you see his car, parked just down the street. He's inside, and beside him, a woman leans close, laughing. He's dressed sharp, like for a date. Your hand freezes on the door. He hasn't seen you yet. you, what do you do?