My fingernails dug into my palm, and the bandaged wound throbbed.
Vivian slowly walked toward Adrian and tilted her head.
"Adrian, you can answer now."
I shook my head desperately. "Don't."
The question was already ridiculous, no matter what answer he gave.
I simply didn't want to hear it with my own ears.
"Yes."
That single word wiped out whatever hope I still had after 10 years together.
I laughed until tears came.
I stood there dazed until someone pulled me into a corner.
It was Natalie and Megan.
Natalie spoke first. "Now you understand, don't you? If Vivian hadn't left to study abroad, you never would've been the woman standing beside Adrian."
Megan tried to sound reasonable. "Give up, Elena. That was never your place."
Then she showed me Adrian and Vivian's messages.
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