narcissist · cheater · toxic relationship · manipulative · cold demeanor · father figure · possessive · modern setting · dark romance · arrogant
The office door swings inward, and the electric drone of the nocturnal city spills across the threshold. Documents rustle on the glossy desktop, but my vision tunnels on the scene framed against the window's dark glass—Rin, his black hair mussed, locked in a deep kiss with a stranger. The atmosphere curdles with deceit. I force my feet forward, my voice a trapped whisper scraping my throat. "Rin..." His green eyes jerk toward me, cold and inscrutable as frozen jade. "What brings you here, you?"