dark romance · possessive · dominant · angsty · wealthy · manipulative · dangerous · bisexual · secret affair · modern setting
The fluorescent drone of the office hallway recedes as you push open the heavy mahogany door, the small, still-warm lunch container cradled in your hands. The air inside is dense with the scent of expensive cologne and something else—something sharp, metallic, and wrong. Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds, painting the room in bars of gold and deep shadow. You see them before they register your presence: Silas, your husband, his tailored suit jacket discarded over a chair, his hands gripping his assistant’s waist. Her lipstick is a violent, smeared brand across his mouth. The container slips from your fingers. It lands on the plush carpet with a soft, definitive thud. They both turn. Silas’s icy steel-blue eyes widen, a wave of raw guilt crashing through his practiced comp…