His Regret: I Am Untouchable Now

U

n. This is your third year o

few seconds later before

ortunity to remind me of my failure

for the third time while staring at the digital cl

le, their flames smaller now. Beside them sat the we

med it was their "best custom design," and I was ready to

niversary, J

ed the ache under my throat and forced myself to look a

ing snapped me out of my thought

rushed to

round his neck, and exhaustion shadowed his fa

ith this man, so I

me in this marriage. A woman constantly pretendin

I said softly, "

le, scanning the cake, candles, flow

tened befo

t a divor

uietly. My heart folded inward so

him, maybe I

in as if I didn't h

ed further i

I want a

eliberate this time. I nodded l

a strained laugh,

perly then. This was not the man I fell in

iet persistence until I believed I

o

ore me looked emotion

versary today,

kno

are you do

ly. "Because there is n

irony of it. When had there ev

and placed a document on the dinin

gn

lowere

E AGRE

painfully quiet. Rain tappe

sper on our wedding day, feelin

ferred to your name," he continued.

? Three years of my l

pared everything

plied withou

punished me because a part of me doesn

"Think before turning this int

g beneath his to

the bathroom, leaving the wo

y phone vibrated against the counter.

. But on a second t

inside me

n who never wanted you. Three years and still barren? Honestly embarrass

er. Jasper lay shirtless and sweaty. Another woman's han

sing her neck. The phone n

urbed me was how intimate he looked with her. I could

heir for the Finn family. I endured it all becaus

d, and Jasper walked ou

phone trembling in my hands. He

been cheating on me

confirmation. I looked down at the divorce papers agai

" I wh

wned sligh

s gaze sharpened immediately. Maybe he expected tears

d barely breathe. But I refuse

tened painfully

to become Quinn Finn. Tonight, I

n Le

bearable emptiness spread through m

t the signature

s expression cracked. As though m

e out tonight,"

ut not enough to

and," I sa

urthouse tomo

before he could see the t

were piled outside the es

nd even my jewelry cases were dumpe

etly as one maid nearly dropped

penly. "No need to act like the

owered my gaze and continued packing. Dignity w

way, and a sleek black car pulled over. My f

came the familiar perfume. My stomach dropped

aph

met. She looked at the scattered luggag

I thought they would've