The city lights shimmered through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the condo as the night stretched on. Manila was alive beyond their sanctuary, but inside their home, it felt as if the outside world had ceased to exist.
Marnie sat on the edge of the bed, her fingers tracing the outline of her wedding ring. The diamond sparkled under the warm glow of the bedside lamp, but it couldn’t compete with the heat still lingering in her chest from earlier. Michael had been called away for a sudden emergency at the hospital, leaving her alone for the first time that night.
She exhaled, letting her thoughts drift to him—his gaze, the way he had claimed her lips just moments before the phone had interrupted. Her pulse quickened despite the quiet, despite the empty room. She realized that every glance
