Saw His Cheat Video, I Wait for Answers

Chapter 2

It was a rare night. Leo was actually home.

Once Lucas was fast asleep, Leo finished washing up and climbed into bed.

When I walked back into our bedroom, he was already propped up against the headboard, reading a book.

I padded over, leaned my weight against his shoulder, and whispered a soft greeting. "Honey, are you tired today?"

"Not really." He did not even look up, just kept turning pages, his answer cold and distant.

I paused for a beat, then reached out and plucked the book right out of his hands. "The light is too dim for reading. Put it away."

Leo's dark brows drew together in a frown. "If I don't read, what am I supposed to do?"

I inched closer, until my face was barely an inch from his, our noses almost touching, and dropped my voice to a soft, warm purr.

"I sprayed a new perfume today."

Back in our first year together, every time I said that line, he always caught my hint right away, answering, "Then let me smell it."

But tonight, a flicker of surprise flashed across Leo's dark eyes, then vanished as quickly as it came. He only asked out of politeness, "What kind is it?"

"It's got notes of orange blossom and Ethiopian coffee. It's one of Bvlgari's scents."

"Is it new?" He seemed lost in thought, as if something had come to mind. "Are Bvlgari's new perfumes popular these days?"

Leo had never cared about this kind of thing before, not once.

A bitter smile tugged at my lips, and I leaned in again, pressing myself against his chest.

"Honey, it's getting late. Let's go to bed, okay?"

Leo froze, caught completely off guard. After a beat, he schooled his face and flipped off the bedside lamp.

"I'm pretty tired tonight."

Before I could get another word out, he rolled onto his side and pulled the covers up to his chin.

In that split second, a heavy stone sank in my chest.

I could not hold it in any longer. The words burst out of me before I could stop them. "Are you seeing someone else?"

"No."

"Then why are you always coming home so late? What are you busy with out there?!" I continued.

"I told you, it's work stuff, Stella Blake. Stop being so unreasonable!" he retorted.

I sneered. "Unreasonable? Leo, how many times have you touched me in all the years we've been married? You know exactly how few it is. What normal couple lives like this?"

Leo grew fed up and snapped, "If you're this unhappy, I can move out."

With that, he turned away from the bed and headed for the study. In the split second he spun around, I caught it clear as day: raw, unmistakable disgust glinted in his eyes.

The rest of that night, I did not sleep a wink.

When I got up the next morning, Leo was long gone. Even his suitcase had vanished.

I wiped the exhaustion from my face, dropped Lucas off at kindergarten, and then went to Leo's office.