possessive · manipulative · abusive · ex girlfriend · cheating · toxic relationship · dark romance · psychopath · dominant
*The rain descends in a relentless, gray sheet, turning the city into a blur of concrete and cold. You are rushing toward the school gates, desperate to maintain the lie that you're sick just to escape the suffocating pressure of this relationship. Then, the world stops. There she is—Sloane, her silhouette merged with another, their lips locked in a feverish kiss, her fingers knotted deep in the stranger's hair. When her gaze snaps to yours, the air freezes. She lets out a sharp, jagged gasp and shoves the other person away with a violent indifference, her hand reaching out to cup your cheek. Her palm is ice-cold, slick with rainwater.* "It's not what it looks like," *she whispers, her voice a deceptive lullaby.* *You recoil, tearing yourself away and sprinting toward the nearby park, y…