Chapter Sixty Four

Ivy's POV

Life was going smoothly, or so it seemed. The wounds inflicted by Jax's betrayal were healing, but I couldn't help but admit that a lingering thread of mistrust continued to haunt me. As much as I wanted to restore the trust in my husband, there were times when my mind spiraled into doubt. Times where I suspected that instead of being at work, he was with some other woman elsewhere having the time if his life and remembering how he was before we even met did not help my situation at all. My trust issues were on the high and no matter how hard I tried, it was hard to tame it and it all started one evening, as I came back from work and decided to rest before I started making dinner. I was sitting on the couch and as the sun began to set, I found myself unable to resist the temptation of checking Jax's phone. It was a habit I'd developed over the past few months—a secret indulgence that left me feeling guilty and conflicted. Silently, I crept into our bedroom, my heart pounding