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I dressed with care today. Elegant, and perfect. Today was special. I was getting promoted as Chief Surgeon at the hospital. The pinnacle of my career.
I had pictured this moment countless times, thinking maybe life would ruin it, maybe some disaster would stop me from walking into this day with pride. But here I was, alive, thriving, and ready.
Everything in my life felt right. I had Tyler, my perfect man. My anchor. Last week, he took me out, pampered me like I was the only woman on earth, and I loved every second.
Every smile, every touch, every whispered word. I had everything I wanted. We were enjoying ourselves before Marie appeared with her crocodile tears and all, nearly ruining our perfect outing. I shoved the thought from my mind. She was irrelevant. Always irrelevan
