Ethan reacted exactly as I expected when he saw my tears.
Men were all the same. There was always a certain satisfaction in believing two women were fighting over them.
Perhaps out of guilt, he stopped spending so much time at Vanessa's bakery. Instead, he devoted far more attention to Lily and me than he had in months.
Vanessa, meanwhile, was growing increasingly desperate. She had no stable income. Her bakery was gone. And after Mason's bullying scandal became public, no kindergarten wanted anything to do with him.
More than anything, she wanted Ethan to divorce me so she could step into my place and become Mrs. Walker.
But week after week passed. Ethan never gave her the answer she wanted. In fact, he rarely agreed to see her at all.
Eventually, she turned her frustration toward m
