His Secret, Her New Beginning

five years, I was his secret, his on-again, off-again lover

end, dismissing me with a cold, small nod, as if I were a distant acquaintance

lowed, demanding to know who. I'd accepted David Chen's quiet, respectful proposal, a life where I wouldn't hav

tand so profoundly, believing my escape was still a

ed his number, ready to paint m