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I clasped my hands together and whispered to myself, “Happy birthday, Grace. The future’s still bright.”
When I got home, the lights were blazing.
Hector, wearing an apron, was having dinner with Tessie.
In his eyes was a tenderness I’d never seen before.
The scene, so perfectly happy, burned me.
The moment he saw me, a flicker of panic crossed his face. But it vanished almost instantly.
This book had been added on your bookshelf.
“Grace, Tessie hau a scare comfight. In take er home in a
while.”
I
Lignored him, bending down to change my shoes.
Tessie’s voice was soft and pitiful. “Heck, Grace doesn’t seem happy to see me. Maybe I should just go now.”
“Finish your dinner before leaving.”
He cast me a brief, dismissive glance before turning back to Tessie with gentle care.
Just as I was drifting off to sleep, the screech of brakes outside jolted me awake.
Hector stormed into the room, yanking me out of bed. “I just missed a meal with you. Do you really think a stupid
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anniversary matters more than her life? Did you have to make a scene, embarrass me, and embarrass Tessie? When did you become so cruel?”
I let out a soft laugh. “Yesterday was my birthday.””
He hadn’t even known.
I had to admit his secretary was impressively thorough in her job.
Hector’s face turned pale, and he slowly let go of my arm.
Then, as if it could fix everything, he handed me a limited- edition handbag. “It’s the newest model. It’s different.”
I gave him a polite, flawless smile. “Thank you.”
Courteous, distant, and utterly detached.
That night, Hector hugged me from behind gently, which was quite rare.
“Grace, it’s been quite a long time since we last had sex,” Hector whispered.
But I pushed him away.
“I’m tired. I wanna sleep now.”
Hector’s eyes darkened as he asked with anger, “I’ve already explained everything to you! When will you stop giving me that attitude?”
I asked back lightly, “When did you hook up with Tessie?”
“What do you mean by that? I’m your husband, and Tessie is
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just my friend.”
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Hearing his words, I chuckled mockingly, “A friend? You mean you left me just to take care of your ‘friend‘? You entered the kitchen and made your first dish in life for your ‘friend‘. And you traveled around the world with your ‘friend‘, and that was done behind my back.”
A hint of guilt flashed across Hector’s eyes when he heard this. But soon, his face darkened. “You knew that all?”
I remained silent.
He then explained, “Traveling around the world is Tessie’s dream. But I’ll never be with her, so she’s just my friend. What’s wrong with helping a friend fulfill her dream?”
That was really shameless, but he just said it like that.
I didn’t wanna talk to him anymore and turned to sleep in the guest bedroom.
But he grabbed, stating, “There’s nothing between me and Tessie.”
I nodded indifferently. “Alright. Even if you’ve already kissed her, there’s still nothing between you two. I get it.”
In the past year, he had been on business trips many times. Even when he was at home, he would use his work as an excuse to sleep in the study.
I had begged him humbly and even cried for him to come back to sleep in the bedroom.
But he refused disgustedly and even threatened me with a divorce. In the end, I compromised.
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Although our marriage was arranged due to business matters, we were actually childhood sweethearts, and I had been in love with him for many years.
Before, marrying him was my dream.
When we were in college, our schoolmates all said that Hector and I were a perfect match.
But one day, Tessie moved into our house.
Gradually, Hector changed. He fell in love with Tessie.
However, as he couldn’t resist the arrangement from his family, he could only accept the marriage with me.
He had to marry someone, even if that one was not me.
I still remembered that on our wedding night, he held me and said to me, “Grace, luckily, it’s you.”
Because of this one sentence, my love for him grew deeper.
I even felt that he had fallen in love with me again.
However, I underestimated Tessie’s position in his heart.
In the end, Hector went to sleep in the guest bedroom.
In the seven days or so, he didn’t talk to me, nor did he come
home.
If it were in the past, even if he was in the wrong, I would still choose to apologize and beg him to come back.
But now, I didn’t care.
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Even if I met him in the company, I would ignore him, pretending not to see him.
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Perhaps because I had been silent for too long this time, he took the initiative to call me.
“There’s a business party tomorrow evening. Let’s go together.”
He said so to give himself an out.
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