Lori's teeth were clenched, her ashen face trembling uncontrollably.
"You're wrong—dead wrong! You have no idea how much I've sacrificed for you!" she burst out, voice cracking with desperation.
James let out a bitter chuckle. "Since you insist on keeping up this charade, let me spell it out. During your years abroad, you lived with a man. Too scared of pregnancy, so you had your tubes tied, didn't you? Then right before returning, you got a hymenoplasty. Am I wrong?"
Lori's eyes flew wide. "You... there's no way—"
She covered her mouth. "No, James, those are vicious rumors! I'd never resort to such deception!"
James's face darkened with revulsion.
"The truth will out, Lori. I'm not shaming you for loving others—that's your right. But dressing up your selfishness as love? That's revo
