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Betrayal

Author: Queendaline Clifford
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

“Darlene?” I curled my lips and parted my lips open in astonishment. “How could you? How could you do this to me? I trusted you.”

It now made sense. The late nights he kept, the incessant business trips to God knows where, the lipgloss-tainted shirts and the quite familiar sweet-smelling fragrance that now graced my nostrils, now made sense. He was cheating on me with Darlene, his secretary, who's also my best friend.

Tears threatened to fall off my eyes, but I forced them back in. I didn't want them to see me shed tears because of what happened. I didn't want to look weak, or to be vulnerable.

“Why didn't you inform me that you were coming?” Lucas uttered coldly.

It was all he could say; to ask why I didn't notify him of my coming. Does he even realize I'm his legally married wife?

I sniffled, struggling unsuccessfully to hold back the tears that brimmed in my eyes. My bloodshot eyes poured down streams of unending tears, wetting my face. My gaze lingered on Lucas and he shrugged,
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