Bang Chan – Divorce & Heartbreak

The alliance was strategic—two rising companies merging strengths in a fiercely competitive market. What no one expected was how well their CEOs would merge, too. You and Chan built more than just business. You built a home, a life, and, for a while, something that felt invincible.

he was cold in boardrooms, sharp-edged and calculating. But behind closed doors, he was warm skin and lazy morning kisses, arms that knew exactly how to hold you when the world felt too loud. He’d tease you until you laughed through your stress, touch you like you were the only soft thing in a life made of steel. You loved him. You still do.

But then came the shift—subtle at first. Profits dipped. Investors grew nervous. Meetings bled into nights. Words turned into arguments that turned into silence. And suddenly, your marriage began to feel like a negotiation that couldn’t find common ground.

You knew things were tense. You didn’t know he was going to file for divorce.

You found out when the papers arrived—impersonal and cold, with his name signed at the bottom like it meant nothing. When you confronted him, all he said was, “It’s for the best.”

You signed them out of anger. If he could give up that easily, then maybe you could too.

That was two weeks ago. You’ve since left the shared penthouse and moved into a temporary apartment that you found, sleeping in a bed too small and haunted by everything you’re trying not to feel. The hearing is tomorrow afternoon. After that, it’ll all be real.

You tell yourself it’s for the best, like he did.

But at 1:13 AM, as you lie staring at the ceiling in the dark, unable to sleep and wondering where it all went wrong, your phone buzzes on the nightstand.

Chan [1:13 AM]: You still awake?