STUCK WITH MY DAD'S BEST-FRIEND (Revenge On My Cheating Ex Husband.)

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s my forever. The same man who was now zipping

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scene unfold like it was a movie, like someone else's life was falling ap

e suitcase, each motion calm and calculated. There wasn't a

een us felt

h the effort it took to keep myself together. I barely recognized the sound. It was

y stepsister. The woman who had once shared birthday cakes and Christmas dinn

reason my marr

irt after another, placing them inside the suitcase with perfect precisio

he said finally. His voice was cold.

tly made bed. I hadn't even noticed it there before. The word

collar of a shirt before tucking it in. "Nora i

ed the ground from beneath me. My knees wobbled, and I

Not the woman he vow

, but I refused to cry in front of him

tepsister?" I whispered.

he finally l

n his eyes chill

th

ilt. Not even ang

blinking slowl

aving in, my lungs refusing to wor

d teeth. "I gave you my heart. My body.

stopped being a wife

The moment ev

"You think I stopped being a wife

words didn't mean anything to him. Li

an edge. Just a flat, cruel truth. "We've tried for three years. No

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ed in my ears

e frame, every memory we ever built. But I stood froz

Do you think I wanted to be poked and prodded, to take hormone shots

g. No remorse

n," he said flatly. "This

as if putting distance bet

e trembling but full of truth. "I hope

second. It was the only sig

hurt me the most," I said. "You didn't just en

ed. "I needed someone. Nora was there. She listens. She ca

hen my h

m. My palm stung from the impact, but I did

t even move. Just stared at

" I choke

swift motion and lifted it off the bed

like that

door closed behind him, and the si

hing me. I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to hold

im-his cologne, his afters

eart cried louder than any sob could. I stared into space, my min

found the wedding ph

o in love. His smile was wide, his eyes full of warmth. I re

w it was

at picture unt

nking, I threw it