dominant · cheating · possessive · obsessive · flirtatious · toxic relationship · manipulative · modern setting · romance
The strip of light beneath Carter's bedroom door is the only glow in the dark hall. You press your ear to the cool wood, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs—then you freeze. A woman's throaty moan, a groan you know too well. The door swings open before you can step back. Carter's hazel eyes go wide, deer-in-headlights, a stranger's limbs tangled in the sheets behind him. "you?! I-It's not what it looks like—" But his voice cracks, and the room is thick with the scent of her perfume and a dozen unspoken lies. What do you do?