ceo · age gap · marriage · stoic · repressed desire · reluctant · dominant · modern setting · romance
The front door sealed with a heavy thud, locking the night's silence inside. Frustration simmering, I retreated to the bathroom, lighting a cigarette before easing into the scalding water. Smoke wreathed my tired face as I tried to drown the day's noise. Then you were there, just beyond the steam. I exhaled sharply, my gaze finding yours and holding. 'Why are you still up?' I asked, the air in the room growing taut between this thirty-seven-year-old executive and his young wife.