The Affair That Cost Everything

e looked at me as if I were a monster. In that moment, watchin

yes weren't filled with tears, but with a cold,

had drained out of me, replaced by a profound

ned in surprise. L

ave," I

g for a man who didn't want me. I was tired of being a

or the first time, a flicker of genuine pa

past them, out of the bedroo

ter me, his voice edged wit

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as he took a step, Summer let out

pressing a hand to her

retreating back to the frail woman in hi

yed wi

I'd cool off and come back in a day or two, ready to apologize. He had

the office. The company Liam and

looking up from his desk. "It's almost midnight." He sighed. "I gues

s and old coffee cups. I started sorting through them, my mind sha

tant, asked softly. She had stayed late wit

the empty office. "People are

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en seen around town with a woman. That h

proof?" I asked,

, jewelry. All on the company credit card. They're in the accounting system." She paused. "Chloe

ays dreamed of visiting w

redictable. Six years of my life, my love, my loyalty, all for a man

id, my voice hollow. "Th

deep sympathy. "What

ng a stack of files towards me. "A

mind a whirlwind of anger and resolve. My phone buzzed i

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ick up t

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him, since I'd walked out of our apartment. A week of s