NIKOLAI (AFTER ZOE LEFT WITH SOMEONE ELSE)
The echo of her footsteps walking away reverberated in my head. She, holding that guy's hand, with her bright and perfect smile, as if she were truly happy. I clenched my teeth because she hadn't smiled with me. She smiled for him, and that gave me a knot in my stomach.
I couldn't make a scene, not in front of the whole office. I was the boss, not a wounded teenager. In the eyes of others, she was just a simple assistant, not a secret wife I had been with and needed more from. So I took a deep breath, feigned composure, and returned to my office as if nothing had happened.
I slammed the door shut. The murmurs continued on the other side. I could hear the employees saying that Zoe's husband was quite handsome, that if he weren't married, they'd
