on and success. I stayed home, pursuing my passion for architecture, a field that was slower, more

ech fortune and the Miller family's real estate influence. A power couple in the making. We didn't object. It s

hotel room, the logic of

aptop shut. "I'm go

sing with a definitive click behind him. He didn't l

t physical distance; it was a vast, emotional wasteland. My phone

has sent you a

sion. My finger hovered over the 'Accept' button. A part of me wanted to ignore it, to block her,

t wasn't from her personal account, but

u deserve

reenshots. They were from a chat

shake as I clicked

eting is dragging on forever

Anywh

Maybe that little Italia

iramisu. And you. But you have a w

like that. It'

of them, their heads close together, smiling at a celebratory dinner. The caption David had pos

s team. I wasn't

r scre

... not what

at did yo

more... polished? She seems

arriage, Sarah. You know t

what are

me? We're about

ere. And I was... nothing. The conv

d told me he was too busy to try, celebrating milestones he had never even mentioned to me. He had a whole life here, a vibran

a version of himself he only showed to Sarah. The praise he had once given me for my

he comments, people praised her, calling her "brilliant" and "the real brains behind David Hayes." There were even pictures of her w

. The marriage wasn't just crumbling, it had been a ruin for

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