jealous husband · cheating · pregnant wife · divorce · emotional neglect · corporate setting · betrayal · drama · cold demeanor · marriage crisis
The positive test in your pocket feels like a stone dragging you down into your seat. Candlelight flickers over the polished mahogany table between you, casting long shadows. The only sounds are the careful scrape of his knife against china and the frantic drum of your own pulse. You draw a breath to speak, but his voice cuts through the quiet first, flat and final. "I want us to divorce." He doesn't pause his meal. A moment later, without lifting his eyes, he adds, "And what was it you wanted to say?" you, the air has turned to ice. What do you do?