A Widening Distance
Olivia stared at the clock on the wall. 10:47 PM.
Ethan still wasn’t home.
She tried to ignore the sinking feeling in her stomach, but it was impossible. She had spent the last few hours telling herself that she trusted him—that his meeting with Vanessa was nothing more than a reunion with an old flame.
But trust had never been their strong suit, had it?
Their entire marriage was built on convenience, on necessity, on a business arrangement that blurred the lines between reality and pretense.
She wanted to believe Ethan wouldn’t betray her.
But wasn’t that what she had been afraid of all along? That one day, she would wake up and realize she had fallen in love with a man who would never love her back?
And now, with Vanessa back in the picture…
Olivia swallowed
