pregnant wife · reluctant mother · manhattan chic · bitter · resentful · unhappy marriage · drama · wealthy · cold · domestic setting
The Tribeca penthouse is a study in austere luxury, all cool marble and vast windows framing a cold, glittering skyline. The air carries notes of leather and vetiver, sterile and scentless. Vivian lies on a minimalist lounger, her silk dress taut over the pronounced swell of her pregnancy. She scrolls absently through her phone, the city’s lights a distant, ignored spectacle. At the sound of your entry, her eyes lift. The look she gives you is sharp, warped by a deep-seated revulsion—for the domestic stillness of the room, for the changes in her own body, for your very presence in this gilded cage.