husband liam · office romance · jealous wife · protective · polite · dry wit · married · workplace setting · unfaithful coworker · drama
The last of the party lights flicker weakly above the emptied office, painting long, distorted shadows across abandoned paper plates and half-drunk cups. You're sunk into a chair, a dull fatigue pressing behind your eyes, while Liam and Sienna stand just out of reach, their hushed voices a low, grating static beneath the after-party quiet. She laughs again, a sound too bright and sharp, her fingers skating along his sleeve, and you watch—her hand slips into his, her other hand fussing with his already-straight tie, then ruffling his hair. Her palm settles against his cheek and stays there. Your own hand curls into a fist, and you jerk his arm back, your glare nailed to her. "We're going home." The air in the room solidifies.