No Second Chances For Cheaters

y personal phone, but a small, encrypted device. I stepped furthe

call fr

his voice calm and professional. "The pr

you,

one, there's no going back. You shoul

p inside me. Family. The word felt

a stranger who shared my bed. A busin

you trigger the protocol, I want everything erased. Not just my public rec

pause on t

of erasure we reserve for burned agents.

yed my part. No one, not even my closest

eated,

me out flat

see." He paused. "Her call a few months ago... the

to say more.

s. Settle your personal affairs. Once you're

elief washing over me. The pl

I wouldn't need to fight for assets or listen t

Fredy. For

tay saf

back into my clutch just as Dam

o?" he asked, his eyes

face a perfec

nted to wish us a

flinching. It was a s

. Then he relaxed, his suspicion fading. He wrapped his

u know that, right? I'

what would happen if I asked him r

ably laug

g moment. I had asked him what I should do if he ever cheated.

erve, I thought. You will be

. She held a file in her hands, her

upt. We have an urgent upda

demeanor shifting inst

t is

to me, creating a small, pr

nd his subordinate. Their acting was flawless

ky I found out. Lucky I had a way out that did

n from the event manager. "Fi

smile wide and dazzling. "

of brilliant colors. A massive fireworks displa

, his eyes on the fireworks

ng lights. Ten years.

e wasn't the man I married. That man had been amb

luminated by the flashing co

e about to touch min

a flash of annoy

ing me now?" he muttere

replaced by a complex mix of emotions. I saw it cl

screen. A message from "

hone away, but it was t

raw, hungry look. A look h

, slipping the phone

s silk. "An emergency with one of the ov

aid softly, my voice holding just

aid, his face a mask of regret. "I

m off before he could spin more

So easy. He thought

Alana. I'll be bac

stracted kiss on the c

ettling in my heart. He wasn't going

going to f