I'd taken a full month off work. I'd run myself ragged caring for Ronald until he was discharged.
Afterward, my supervisor had quietly removed my name from the promotion list.
Boss pushed back so many projects just to take me on business trips—basically a paid vacation! Being spoiled feels incredible.
That was our ten-year anniversary. It was also my birthday.
I'd pulled an all-nighter to finish a project, scraped together three days off, and planned to surprise him.
He'd told me he had an important business trip. He simply couldn't get out of it.
Boss bought me a designer bag! The charm that came with it was kind of ugly though, so I'm leaving that for him.
I froze.
My eyes drifted to my phone case.
An identical charm dangled there—Kevin's belated birthday gift to me.
I'd treasured it for so long. I'd even covered it with a protective film.
It took me two hours to get through every post on Camille's account.
When I finished, I felt nothing but cold.
Not a single photo showed Kevin's face clearly.
But that familiar hem of his shirt, the matching couple's ring on his finger—every detail screamed the truth about who he was with.
Kevin had been cheating on me for a long time.