Chapter 1

On our third wedding anniversary, Bryant Ferguson paid big money to get me the necklace I’d been eyeing for ages.

Everyone around us said he was head over heels in love with me.

Filled with joy, I was busy preparing a candlelit dinner when a video popped up on my phone. In the video, Bryant put the necklace around another woman’s neck, saying, “Congrats on your fresh start.”

It turned out it wasn’t just our anniversary. It was also the day his first love was finalizing her divorce.

I never in

imagined something like this could happen to me. Though my marriage to Bryant wasn’t born out of a whirlwind romance, he always played the role of the doting husband in public.

I sat at the dining table, staring at the cold steak and the trending topic, [Bryant Spends Millions To Make His Wife’s Happy.]

It all felt like a cruel joke.

At 2 a.m., a sleek black Mercedes finally pulled into the driveway.

glass door, impeccably dressed in a tailor-made- dark suit, his presence

are you still up?” Bryant turned on the lights, surprised to find me in the dining room. Trying to stand up, I fell back into the chair, my

of

cool, so I suppressed my feelings, reaching out to him with a smile. “Happy anniversary. You

a second, realizing what day it

know where his hands had been tonight, and

He looked slightly stunned.

to fool me. You specifically bid

his expression unreadable, his voice calm.

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that necklace for Steven.”

buddy is always

my smile. “Is that

how he attracts girls. Bryant’s tone and expression

at him in the lights, his perfect features made me wonder if I ever knew

to me? Or had I been too trusting before? I wouldn’t have doubted his explanation if it hadn’t been for

shouldn’t have forgotten such an important day. I’ll make it up

only

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