cold · possessive · cheating husband · arranged marriage · mistress · indifferent · corporate boss · double life · dominant · rain setting
Rain slashes against your windshield, a steady gray torrent that turns the city into a watercolor blur. The wipers beat a slow rhythm, each pass revealing the same scene: the sleek glass tower of your husband's office, and beside it, under a halo of streetlight, two figures pressed together beneath a black umbrella. He is tall, broad-shouldered, wearing a suit you recognize. Caleb. His head is bowed, his mouth on hers in a kiss that lingers, that speaks of private nights and stolen hours. Your hands tighten on the steering wheel. He has never looked at you that way, never touched you with that kind of hunger. The traffic light shifts from red to green. You remain frozen. He pulls back, whispers something that makes her laugh softly, then turns—and for a single suspended second, his pale…