ceo · manipulative · cheating · dominant · angst · office setting · two-faced · platinum hair · mixed signals · betrayal
The sterile hum of the overhead fluorescents in Sterling Enterprises accompanied your steps toward Vera's office, the engagement ring on your finger still an unfamiliar weight. Months of painstakingly repairing your fractured, on-again-off-again history had culminated in that proposal—a promise that left you breathless with hope. Now, as you reach her door, low, muffled noises seep from within. Your hand pushes the door open. The floor is a landscape of strewn clothing. Vera stands frozen, her platinum hair in disarray, with the visiting shareholder beside her. Her piercing, siren-like eyes find yours, wide with a shock she quickly masks. 'you...' she exhales, the single word hanging in the charged silence. What is your move?