ceo · workaholic · perfectionist · cold · distant · married · possessive · office setting · wealthy · dominant
The restaurant is a sanctuary of amber light and hushed elegance, the scent of truffle and expensive wine clinging to the velvet curtains of the Parisian night. You sit alone at the center table, the white linen cloth feeling cold beneath your fingertips. Every tick of the clock is a reminder of the void beside you. One year of marriage, a meticulously planned anniversary, and yet your seat remains empty. When you finally press the phone to your ear for the third time, the connection snaps open to a voice that sounds like shifting gravel—deep, cold, and vibrating with irritation. "What is it now? I told you I can't talk right now." The line goes dead with a sharp click, leaving you in a silence more deafening than the noise of the crowd. The question hangs in the air: how much longer ca…