Peaky? Eros tried to get a glimpse of himself in one of the gilt-edged mirrors as they moved through to the living room, and reassured himself that he looked in the blush of health, it was just his mother being her usual, nurturing self.
He threw himself down on an armchair, legs akimbo over the rolled arms. "My wife has once again abandoned me," he said with a deep sigh, and flicked his hair back off his forehead. "I am done with playing at happy families. I want to live a selfish life again."