Devil in disguise
Ling Buyi stared blankly out of the window, watching the night blur by in streaks of darkness and occasional flashes of light. She barely registered the overspeeding car anymore. The wind howled outside, but it felt distant, as though she were trapped in a bubble of silence, alone with her thoughts and memories.
She turned her head slightly, glancing at the man seated beside her, the man she had once loved so deeply. Her heart clenched, not from affection, but from the deep hatred that had grown within her over the past few months. This man—this stranger she was married to—was unrecognizable now. The kind-hearted, thoughtful man who had swept her off her feet had vanished, replaced by someone cruel and controlling. She didn't know how it had come to this, how her life had unraveled so quickly.