He Chose Her Over Our Baby

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hing while filming a trendy couple's challenge video. Our friends sat around us with drinks in hand, and the golden

. He glanced at the camera, then back at me, a fain

g him to say I was irreplaceable, or c

aid it clearly, with

y throat. This was

, the woman who destroyed my

gh my mind unbidden. Back then, Chloe and I w

t person I'd ever seriously liked. I'd kept th

e to deliver it. She promised she would. But that night, she sent me a photo. I

bility against me. She stole him. She stole my first lov

ears ago. He'd seen me cry. He'd comforted me. H

in stabbed through my chest. This was

ad just spoken my deepest wound out loud. And he'd

n the entire world, you pick her?" My words cut

, Abigail, don't be so dramatic. It was just a hypothetical question.

th a very real answer," I s

s your answer, Mrs. King? If it weren't me, who would you have married

he'd said Chloe's name, my

ned ice-cold, sending a shiver

I don't know," I said calmly. "But after hearing your an

laughing just moments ago, froze. The joyful atmosp

aced by disbelief, then anger. He hadn't expected th

gail? Don't look at me like that. Are you trying to st

best friend betrayed me with my first love, and you p

even, aren't we? You're mad because I said a name, and

ween us to childish scorekeeping. He'd measured my love

ssed it aside for a cheap jab - then turn

nal jealousy toward Caleb. He'd known ab

eem to let it go. He'd bring it up now and then, using it to needle me. I'd alwa

nship was over. I couldn't be with a

now, Chloe Chavez is actually

ging her into this? This is between us, Abigail. Are you looking for excu

irst time we'd fo

I'd been hesitant, still wounded from Chloe's betrayal. I wanted to pro

albums. A young Dane with his arm aroun

. He admitted it. He'd been obsessed with Chloe, written her love letters, tried to win her over. But Chloe had never

But he didn't give up. He wrote me letters, showed up at my workplace with flowers. He knelt at my doors

e rebuilt my trust. He seemed to truly understand my pain and fears. He made

The trust I'd worked so hard to rebuild turned to ash in