I wasn't thinking straight, but it had left my lips. Now, I can't take it back. His face clouded for a moment. His shoulders tensed and slumped almost at once.
“ Let me make it easier for you, I don't want a dime. Let's end it…”
" We are not getting divorced. Not today. Not tomorrow. I won't have my marriage wrecked like my father's…"
" Your marriage?" I scorned. " Did it occur to you that you were married while you both kissed?"
" Nikki!"
" What?" I retorted. He heaved a sigh, letting his voice lower down to a seductive rasp. " Samantha was my fiancee. She was diagnosed with cancer. Fourth stage.”
The anger bubbling beneath my skin, and the quiet disappointment gnawing at my heart, coupled with the image of them together which lives in my head rent-free…all of it evaporated.
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