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As she walked, her phone began to buzz incessantly in her purse. She knew without looking that it was Haven, probably calling to beg for forgiveness or to spin some elaborate lie. Alexis yanked the phone out and turned it off with a vicious jab of her thumb.As the sun set while Alexis was in the neighborhood near a small park. She sat on the bench and was immediately exhausted. The events of the last few hours kept replaying in her head and every replay brought about a new wave of pain and anger."Excuse me, miss?" a concerned voice broke through her deep thoughts. "Are you alright?"Alexis brought her face up and saw an elderly woman looking at her with kind eyes. Only for her to start crying all over again."I'm fine," Alexis lied, forcing a smile. "Just having a rough day."The woman nodded sympathetically. "We all have those, dear. Whatever it is, this too shall pass." As the elderly woman continued to be on her way, Alexis just couldn’t get her mind past those words. This too s
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She climbed the stairs quickly, ignoring Haven's confused protests. In their bedroom, Alexis closed the door and leaned against it, sliding down to sit on the floor. She buried her face in her hands, hot tears spilling between her fingers.On the other side of the door, she could hear Haven's footsteps approaching. He knocked gently. "Alexis? Please, sweetheart, tell me what's wrong."The concern in his voice only made it worse. How could he stand there and pretend to care when just hours ago he'd been in Cassandra's arms?"I'm fine," Alexis called out, hating how her voice cracked. "I just need some time alone."There was a long pause before Haven spoke again. "Okay," he said softly. "I'll be downstairs if you need me."Alexis listened as his footsteps retreated, then buried her face in her knees. Her mind raced, trying to make sense of everything. Should she confront him? Leave him? Pretend she didn't know and hope it was just a one-time mistake?As the night wore on, Alexis tossed
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"It was a moment of weakness," Haven pleaded. "I've been under so much stress with the merger, and Cassandra was there, and... God, I know it sounds pathetic. I'm not trying to make excuses. I just want you to understand that it wasn't about her. It wasn't about us lacking something."Alexis scraped the now-overcooked eggs onto a plate, her appetite gone. "You're right, it does sound pathetic," she said, her voice barely above a whisper. "Because all I understand is that when things got tough, instead of coming to your wife, you turned to someone else."Haven reached out, his hand hovering inches from Alexis's shoulder before he thought better of it and let it fall to his side. "I made a horrible mistake, Alexis. One I'll regret for the rest of my life. But please, don't throw away our marriage because of it. We can work through this. We can go to counseling, take some time away, anything you want. Just please don't give up on us."Alexis allowed the freedom of her thoughts to think a
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Haven's silence was answer enough. Alexis felt her heart breaking all over again."I don't know how to trust you again," she said, her voice shaking. "I don't know if I can."Haven leaned forward, his eyes pleading. "I'll do anything, Alexis. Therapy, counseling, quitting my job – whatever it takes. I love you. Only you. What happened with Cassandra made me realize how much I have to lose, how much you mean to me."Alexis stood up abruptly, needing to put some distance between them. "That's the problem, Haven. It took almost cheating on me for you to realize how much I mean to you? How am I supposed to feel about that?"Haven stood too, but didn't move closer. "I know. I know how it sounds. But Alexis, please believe me when I say that I've always known how much you mean to me. I just... I lost sight of it for a moment. And I'll spend the rest of my life making up for that if you'll let me."Alexis turned to look at him, really look at him. She saw the man she fell in love with, the m
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"Alexis, please," Haven begged, his voice cracking. "Talk to me. Yell at me. Anything is better than this silence."Alexis turned to face him, her eyes brimming with unshed tears. "What do you want me to say, Haven? That I forgive you? That we can go back to the way things were?" She shook her head, a single tear escaping down her cheek. "I can't do that. Not yet. Maybe not ever."With that said she walked past home and retreated to the guest room, leaving Haven alone with a room of unraveled gift boxes and the bigger mess of a shaky relationship.The days that followed were a test of endurance for both Alexis and Haven. They moved around each other like ghosts, existing in the same space but never truly connecting. Alexis threw herself into her work, leaving early and returning late, avoiding any chance of prolonged interaction with her husband. Haven, on his side, was almost dead in remorse and depression. He left hundreds voicemail on Alexis’s phone, each more filled with more emo
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Haven nodded, hardly daring to breathe. "Okay," he said softly. "I'll stay. What... what do you want to do?"Alexis stood up, wrapping her arms around herself as if for protection. "I want to talk," she said. "Really talk. About what happened, about why it happened, about where we go from here. No more silence, no more avoiding each other. We need to face this head-on if there's any chance of saving our marriage."Haven felt a weight lift from his shoulders. It wasn't forgiveness, not yet, but it was a start. A chance to rebuild what he had so carelessly damaged. "I'd like that," he said, his voice filled with genuine relief and gratitude. "I'd like that very much."Alexis nodded, a ghost of a smile flickering across her face for the first time in days. "Then let's talk," she said, gesturing to the couch.As they sat down, a respectable distance between them but facing each other openly for the first time since that fateful day, both Alexis and Haven knew that the road ahead would be
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Alexis nodded. "But do you remember what you said to me the next morning?"Haven thought for a moment, then smiled slightly. "I said that even drunk out of my mind, I knew I wanted to do things right with you. That you were too important to rush things.""Exactly," Alexis said, her voice soft but intense. "You said I was important to you. So important that even when inhibitions were lowered, you still respected our relationship enough to wait."“Alexis, I,” Haven said with his face admitting defeat as he knew where she was headed towards."So tell me, Haven," she continued, her voice growing stronger. "If I'm so important to you, how could you let things get 'out of hand' with Cassandra? How could you disrespect our relationship like that?"Haven felt like he was about to have a panic attack with the evidence of air that had been knocked out of him. He tried opening his mouth to speak, and then closes it again, short of words at that moment.With a start, Alexis got up, her chair scuf
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Slowly, tentatively, Alexis leaned into Haven's side. He wrapped an arm around her, pulling her close, reveling in the feeling of having her in his arms again."We have a lot of work to do," Alexis murmured against his chest.Haven pressed a soft kiss to the top of her head. "We do," he agreed. "But we'll do it together."The path ahead would be difficult, as both Alexis and Haven realised as they sat there, enveloped by memories of their past and the hope of their future. Once broken, trust is difficult to rebuild. But there was a gleam of optimism as they clutched each other. They had an opportunity to rebuild what they had lost and come out stronger on the other side if they had love, perseverance, and devotion. It was long past sundown, and shadows filled the room, but neither Haven nor Alexis got up to turn on a light. They experienced a brief moment of calm in the shadows, a silent realisation that such was not the conclusion of their narrative but rather the start of a new one.
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For a long, tense minute, none of them moved. Alexis stood at the door, her chest hurling, her eyes bolted on Haven. The air felt thick, charged with feeling, as if time had halted through and through. “Alexis…” Haven at last overseen, his voice breaking marginally as he said her title. He took a little step toward her, but she took a bigger one back. “Don’t.” Alexis’ voice was scarcely over a whisper, but the constraint behind it was unmistakable. She felt numb, but underneath that deadness was an outrage so furious she thought she might detonate if she didn’t say something, anything. “Don’t you dare take another step.” Havensolidified, his face falling. He looked nearly terrible now, standing in the center of the room, caught between his wife and his ex. “Alexis, I—” “What the hell did I just walk in on?” Alexis’ voice broke, and for a minute, she thought she might lose control and collapse into wails right at that point and there. But she bit down hard on her lip, constraining
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Alexis looked at his face, her lips squeezed into a lean line. She needed to accept him. She needed to accept that things may go back to how they were some time ago. But part of her was still afraid…. afraid that this was just the starting of something that might break them. “I don’t know in case I can just believe that,” Alexis said unobtrusively. “I need more than words, Haven.” Haven nodded gradually, pressing her hands. “I know. I’ll show it to you. I’ll make this right.” Alexis looked down at their interlaced hands, her heart throbbing with the weight of everything that had happened. She needed to believe him, to believe that they may settle this. But she moreover knew that it wouldn’t be simple. It wouldn’t be settled overnight.“Okay,” she whispered, her voice faltering. “But don’t make promises you can’t keep.” Haven lifted her hands to his lips, kissing her knuckles softly. “I won’t. I swear.” Alexis closed her eyes, feeling the warmth of his touch, the truthfulness in his
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As long as they were talking, she lamented it, but it was late. Haven’s expression obscured, and he took a step back, as if her words had physically hit him. “Are you for real right now?” he inquired discreetly. His voice was low, controlled, but Alexis may hear the hurt underneath it. “You think I still have feelings for Vanessa?” Alexis looked away, her throat tight. She didn’t know what to say. She had no proof, no genuine reason to accept that he still loved Vanessa. But the fear, the frailty, had taken root deep in her chest, and it wouldn’t let go. Haven shook his head, letting out a baffled breath. “This isn’t about me having feelings for her. Vanessa is wiped out. She’s frightened. She’s alone in this, and I can’t just turn my back on her.” “You can’t turn your back on her, but you'll turn your back on me?” Alexis inquired, her voice trembling with emotion. “Do you indeed realise what this is doing to us? To me? I’ve been here, holding up, stressing, pondering where you're
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His marriage to Alexis had continuously been great, but this minute right now was digging up questions and questions he didn’t know how to reply. Could Vanessa truly be telling the truth? "Haven." Vanessa’s voice was soft, arguing. "I need you, just for a couple of days while I recoup. I don’t have anybody else." When Haven at last came home that night, Alexis was waiting for him in the living room, her arms crossed firmly over her chest. The minute she saw him, she stood up, her face pale and strained. "Well?" Alexis requested. "What did she say?" "She’s hurt, Alexis. Her lower leg is sprained, and the doctor said it could’ve been more awful if she’d landed in an unexpected way.""That’s not what I implied, Haven," Alexis snapped. "Did she say anything else? Is she still accusing me?" Haven’s quiet was quick enough. Alexis tossed her hands up in scepticism. "I can’t believe you! You’re really believing her?" "I’m not saying I believe her," Haven answered, his voice rigid with
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Vanessa’s loft was as if it were a ten-minute drive, but it felt like an endlessness as Haven's mind ran through the conceivable outcomes. When he at long last pulled into the park, his heart crashed in his chest. He found her front door somewhat unlatched. "Vanessa?" Haven pushed it open cautiously. Inside, he found her on the floor at the foot of the stairs, jumping in torment as she clutched her lower leg. The scene was chaotic, a chair upside down, her purse spilled over the floor, and one of her shoes lying midway down the stairs. Vanessa’s face was pale, her breathing shallow. "Jesus, Vanessa," Haven murmured, hurrying to her side. "What the hell happened?" She looked up at him with wide, tear-streaked eyes. "Alexis," she whispered. Haven solidified. "What? What around Alexis?" "She was here," Vanessa said, her voice trembling. "She pushed me." Haven gazed at her in incredulity. "Alexis wouldn't, she wouldn’t do that!"Vanessa’s eyes are somewhat limited. "She did, Haven.
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Alexis observed as he wrote angrily, his face lit up by the screen. She knew Haven would do anything to keep her safe, and the thought gave her a little degree of consolation. But the fear was still there, prowling just underneath the surface. As Haven worked, Alexis found herself replaying the call in her mind. The sound of the breathing, the ominous silence… It all felt so thick, so individual. She shuddered, pulling the cover on the sofa more tightly around herself. “What if they’re trying to frighten me?” she inquired, her voice scarcely over a whisper. Haven looked up from the tablet, his expression genuine. “Then they’ve succeeded. But we’re not going to let them keep you frightened. We’ll get to the root of this.” He returned his face to the screen, his fingers flying over the keyboard as he explored through distinctive websites and gatherings, searching for any device that may help to trace the call.Hours passed, the night getting darker and calmer, but not one or the othe
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Alexis had continuously been a solid lady, one who didn’t effectively frighten. But this… this was different. It wasn’t just the quiet; it was the feeling that came with it, like somebody was observing her, like she was being chased. She shook her head, trying to expel the thought. She needed to tell Haven. He would know what to do. He always knew what to do. Haven was in the living room, his feet propped up on the coffee table, observing a late-night ball amusement. The soft flash of the tv cast shadows over his face, but he took note of Alexis the minute she entered the room. "Hello angel, you okay?" he inquired, his eyes narrowing with concern as he noticed her pale face and wide eyes. He quieted the TV and turned his full attention to her. Alexis gulped hard, trying to find her voice. “Haven… something bizarre just happened.” He quickly stood up, his huge outline towering over her as he took her hands in his. “What happened, Lex? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” “I… I got
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Haven considered her for a minute, clearly not persuaded, but he didn’t thrust it. He walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder, pressing tenderly. “You’ve been working yourself out of late. Come on, let’s get to bed. You should get a few rest.” She gestured, thankful for the pardon to elude the uneasy contemplations whirling in her mind. “Yeah, you’re right. Let me just wrap up here.” Haven kissed her on the chin and headed back upstairs. Alexis observed him go, the warmth of his touch waiting on her skin, but the fear still chewing at her inner parts. She rapidly wrapped up folding the clothing, her hands moving mechanically as her mind began to race. When she was done, she turned off the lights on the ground floor and made her way to the room. Haven was as of now in bed, flipping through the channels on the TV with a sight of boredom on his face. Alexis slipped into the bathroom, sprinkling cold water on her face, trusting it would wash away the unease that clung to her
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Alexis was in the centre of folding the final stack of clothing when her phone buzzed on the countertop. She’d had a long day, filled with errands, chores. It was about 11 p.m. She rubbed her chin, feeling the fatigue throb that continuously appeared to crawl up when she was overtired. But the sight of her phone vibrating once more drew her thoughts back to it. She picked up the phone, anticipating it to be one of her friends, likely Trina or Melissa, sending late-night messages about something unimportant. The screen showed an obscure number. A cold shudder ran down her spine, but she dismissed it, considering it could be a robocall. Still, something made her falter. After a minute, she swiped to reply to the call and lifted the phone to her ear. “Hello?”There was a delay, and for a minute, she thought the call might have been a mistake. But at that point, she listened to it, a swoon, nearly subtle breath on the other end of the line. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up. Sh
