When Love Grows Cold

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My husband, Julian Hayes, has severe mysophobia and OCD.

We dated for a year and have been married for nine.

Every time we make love, before and after, he meticulously cleanses himself, and me, with medical-grade antiseptic.

He strictly dictates the time, frequency, and even the positions of our intimacy―no detail is ever allowed the slightest deviation.

But today, while I was away on a business trip in New York, I saw something different through our home security camera.

In the study,