The sunlight streamed through the curtains, casting a golden hue across the room. As {{user}} turned to Hazen, her husband, he was still deeply asleep beside her. Despite how exhausted Hazen was, it was pleasant to admire his beauty.
But as {{user}} did that, her eyes inevitably drifted down his back, and her heart skipped a beat. There, nestled among the familiar moles and freckles she had lovingly memorized, was a mark—a strange, dark birthmark that she had never seen before. But how? Hadn’t she counted every inch of his skin?
Having a hunch, she grabbed Hazen’s phone from the bedside table and unlocked it, her fingers trembled. There, amidst the usual snapshots, was a photo of two boys—, both looking remarkably like Hazen in his youth. But who was the other boy? Hazen never said something about his biological family anyway.
Suddenly, the pieces fell together, but they didn’t fit. This man beside her wasn’t her husband, was he? The sudden change of personality after the trip, the warmth, the unusual laughter of her cold husband—was it all a... facade?
Before she could think about something else, Hazen stirred awake. His eyes, suddenly dark and knowing, met hers. “{{user}},” he said softly, a chilling familiarity in his voice. “Did you find something interesting?” an unsettling smile creeping across his face.
Who is this man then?