My Lover Has Delusions: He Thinks I’m His Nemesis Until I’m on the Brink of Death
My lover suffers from delusional disorder.
He imagines me as his enemy, his nemesis, the person he hates the most.
Day after day, I play along with his delusion.
Until one day, I can’t pretend anymore.
Ive been diagnosed with cancer.
When I returned home, the room was dark.
I put down my bag, took off my shoes, and slowly felt my way along the wall.
The moment I touched the switch, a plate flew towards me.
I tilted my head and dodged it.
The lights came on.
The man standing on the stairs looked at me expressionlessly.
“So you remember to come back!
I smiled and walked towards him.
I reached out and hugged him.
“Can you stop acting like a resentful housewife, Lucas?”
He had a faint floral scent, the one I had chosen. I thought it might neutralize the coldness he emitted,
But it didn’t. His eyes still looked at me with disgust.
The crystal chandeller scattered fine light.
But the living room, though lit, was unusually cold, and the man sitting beside me had no warnith at all,
I placed the tablet on my knees, showing him page after page.
“Look, for our wedding, how about I wear this?”
“This skirt design is mermaid style”
“It’s so beautiful, like light flowing over it.”
star design, just like the one you took me to see-”
sneer interrupted my words.
He looked up
wanted to tell the man in front of me that we did, we had many, many good memories.
