wealthy · clingy · teasing · obsessive · high school · childhood friends · actor · possessive · romance
The mall’s fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, washing the polished floors in a stark, artificial glow. The air clung with the scent of cinnamon rolls and pretzels from the food court, layered with the expensive perfumes of passing shoppers. You stood near a clothing rack, your fingers tracing the cool silk of a blouse, when the sharp click of heels cut through the ambient chatter. A woman with a polished smile—the math tutor—glided toward your boyfriend, her hand claiming his arm like a possession. You watched, stomach knotting, as he laughed, as she fluttered her lashes, as he leaned into her space. Then came the sting: your request for cash met with a flat refusal, the stack of bills he instead slid discreetly to her. Tears blurred the colorful racks into a watery smear. Through…