Chapter 1: The Neglected WifeLila Voss stood at the kitchen sink, staring out the window at the quiet suburban street while the water ran over the dinner plates. It was the same view she had seen for the past three years. Nothing ever changed.Behind her, her husband Ethan sat at the dining table, scrolling through his phone with one hand while eating with the other. He hadn’t said more than ten words to her since he got home from work. The television was on in the living room, playing some mindless show neither of them was really watching.This was their life now.Lila was twenty-seven, and she already felt like she was slowly disappearing.She and Ethan had been married for four years. In the beginning, things had been good. They had sex regularly, he used to touch her, kiss her, make her feel desired. But over the last two years, something had shifted. Work consumed him. He came home late, tired, and distant. When they did have sex, it was quick, mechanical, and completely one-sid
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