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My phone buzzed on the nightstand, its vibration a familiar comfort as I lay in bed, three months pregnant, dreaming of our perfect family. Mark was downstairs, his charismatic voice a lullaby through the floorboards.
Then the messages started. Anonymous. Short. And devastating. A picture of Mark, asleep in another bed, his arm around a woman with long, dark hair. Chloe, his intern.
My world didn' t just fracture; it shattered. Every loving gesture, every promise through the grueling IVF cycles, every whispered "You' re a warrior" – all tainted. I was the dedicated wife, enduring painful injections and procedures for our dream, only to discover I was nothing more than a convenient vessel.
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