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Chapter Seven : Babe
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2024-10-29 19:42:56THERA forced herself not to gape because of what Sean said. Should she protest? Should she insist that he was not her ideal husband? But the man looked stern. She would feel bad if she’d debunk his belief about her first love directly.
She was married to this man for almost ten years, yet he looked nothing but a stranger now. She could not remember their wedding anniversary or how they met, or the real reason why they got married early.
Love? What else? They probably would not last ten years if they were not in love.
But who is Babe? What about the possibility that Sean was having an affair? Did her twenty-nine-year-old self know the woman who called Sean’s phone? They said whoever was involved was the last one to know. Should she pity the older Thera because she had no idea of her husband’s mischief?
Thera glanced at the man’s hands on his sides. He sure was wearing
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