My Husband's Secret

ered like shattered glass. Everything seemed perfect from the outside. The high-rise, the silent elegance

d been acting strange for weeks-detached, colder, constantly distracted. She had tried to brush it off as stress from work. After all

es. Just another vague excuse she knew she'd he

and diamonds. It used to mean something. It used to represent promi

ped her out of her thoughts. She tur

te," she s

few buttons of his shirt undone. He didn't meet her eyes a

e mumbled, heading s

e asked, her voice ba

s tensed. "I

mth, no explanations, just distance. She stepped closer,

," she said, not accusi

hem crackled with something sharp and dangero

rom the meeting," he said

their five-year marriage, she didn't follow. She just stood there, a

The doubts, the fears-they were no longer

weeks ago but never dared to call: Elira-her best friend and

lp," she said as soon

ause. "Cam, w

f, but... I feel it. It's like he's here but not really. And l

trust your gut. Do you want m

who hired someone to dig into her husband's life. But sh

ispered. "I n

truth came crashin

a flash drive. Her hands were t

e this for your

, taken from a distance, but unmistakable. There was Rafaël, smiling-a smile she hadn't seen in mo

g a little boy-no older than three-wi

r mouth. Her knees buckl

oked. "No, thi

et instructor. They've been seeing each other for years.

n she loved, the life she built, the marriage s

o cry, unable to scream.

other family,"

here, quietly holding Camila's hand as th

e that night, Camila

ys did, loosening his tie, unaw

k how his day was. She simply stood

ght?" she asked, her

d. "Meet

und slowly, he

ias the

hat followed

his face palin

. "Don't. Just answe

dn't have to. The sile

y, her heart breaki

ld've chosen honesty. But inst

to hurt you,"

afaël, you were living a double life! You have a child with

uilt etched into ev

pped loving

ears finally stream

ed her too,

dn't

ce again-was the cr