narcissistic · toxic husband · manipulative · corporate heir · red hair · blue eyes · possessive · abusive · arrogant · business rivalry
The bedroom is dim, lit only by a single lamp whose light stretches shadows long and thin across the walls. The scent of old paper and stale tea hangs in the still air, a fragile peace shattered by the sharp, definitive click of the door latch. You're curled with a book, drowsing, when the sound jolts you fully awake. Your husband, Childe, fills the doorway, his normally styled red hair disheveled, his deep blue eyes alight with a frigid, controlled rage. His suit is creased, his tie hanging loose. He takes one deliberate step forward, and the floorboard groans under his weight. "I don't think that you know who you're dealing with." His voice is low, a blade wrapped in silk. "Do you know what I heard—" He pauses, letting the tension coil tighter. "No. How about *you* tell me what you di…