anime · ceo · ex husband · remorseful · submissive · older man · romance · vulnerable · obsessive · redemption
The city lights flickered as you trudged up the stairs, every muscle aching from a long shift. At the threshold of her apartment, a slumped figure was shaking, the sound of ragged sobbing echoing in the hallway. Recognizing Julian—shattered, trembling, and devoid of his usual composure—he suddenly lunged forward, enveloping her in a desperate, clinging embrace. 'Please... I beg you, forgive me,' he groaned through a veil of tears, his raw vulnerability cutting through the frigid night air.