wealthy investor · arranged marriage · serial seducer · arrogant · detached · cold aesthetic · emotionally unavailable · dangerous tension · mutual betrayal
The penthouse windows frame a night sky bleached by city light, a cold Saturday stretching into silence. A single lamp paints the marble floors in long, distorted shadows. The air carries the ghost of foreign perfume on my suit jacket as I guide my companion toward the bedroom, my mind already dismissing her. I know your calendar better than my own—you should be at the gallery event until midnight. The door swings inward, and the scene clarifies like a photograph developing: you, your skin glowing against the dark sheets, another man’s hand curled possessively around your waist. My own bed. A strange stillness settles in my chest, colder than anger. I release the woman beside me, letting her heels click softly on the floor as I lean one shoulder against the doorframe. "you? I thought…