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Chapter Eleven:The Mask Slips
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2025-04-26 03:30:00Elena
Affairs are delicate things—beautiful in the beginning, reckless in the middle, and suffocating at the end. Especially when trust becomes a weapon. That night, I watched Daniel sleep. Or pretend to. His breathing was uneven. His fingers twitched. His body was still, but his mind was moving. I could feel it. Sophie had called him. I knew she had. And it hadn’t gone well. By morning, the mask he wore was thinner. He didn’t kiss me goodbye. Didn’t touch his breakfast. Just stared at his phone like it held a ticking bomb. And maybe it did. I waited exactly two hours before calling Rachel. “He’s unraveling.” “Then so is she,” she said. “I’ve got something you’ll want to see.” I met her at her apartment. She handed me a flash drive and poured two glasses of wine—no words, no need. We were past small talk now. “She sent Daniel a voice note last night,” Rachel said. “Crying. Accusing him of betrayal. I intercepted it through a trace I placed on her cloud. You’re welcome.” I slid the drive into my laptop and pressed play. Sophie’s voice, trembling. “You promised me. You said we’d start over. Why are you pulling away now? Who got to you? Is it her? Did your wife finally grow a spine?” I smiled. She was spiraling. Rachel laughed softly. “And there’s more. I got a message from someone else who’s been watching her. Someone who says Sophie’s been blackmailing another man—someone powerful.” “Who?” “She didn’t give a name. Just said Sophie’s holding photos that could ruin someone’s career.” I leaned back, processing. This wasn’t just infidelity anymore. This was predation. And Daniel? He wasn’t her first. He wouldn’t be her last. But if I had anything to do with it, he’d be her last mistake. Back at home, the silence between us stretched tight. Until Daniel finally broke it. “She’s gone.” I looked up. “Who?” “Sophie. She’s cut contact. Deleted her socials. Disconnected her number. I don’t know where she is.” I tilted my head slightly, lips curving into something cold. “Is that a problem?” He didn’t respond. And I knew what he was thinking. He hadn’t ended things. She had. The power had shifted. And he hated it. I stood slowly, walked over, and placed a gentle hand on his chest. “You thought she loved you, didn’t you?” His jaw tightened. “She didn’t,” I whispered. “She needed you. Until you weren’t useful anymore.” “I don’t need this right now,” he snapped. “No,” I said, stepping back. “What you need is a mirror.” That night, I got another anonymous message. Just one sentence: “There’s more you don’t know about Sophie Mitchell. And it’s not just adultery—it’s criminal.” Attached: a blurry photo of a man—unconscious, maybe worse—sprawled on a hotel bed. Sophie standing over him. My hands trembled. She wasn’t just a homewrecker. She was a predator in silk. And I’d been playing too nicely.
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Ifunanya07Elena There’s a kind of silence in marriage that feels more suffocating than a scream. Not the silence of peace—but the silence of secrets. That’s the kind of silence I’ve been living in. To everyone else, I’m Elena Hart. Accomplished. Beautiful. Successful. A woman with a dream career in psychiatry, a picture-perfect home, a husband most women would envy, and a life that gleams from the outside like polished glass. But anyone who’s ever touched glass knows how easily it shatters. That morning, I did what I always do. I got up before him, prepared his favorite breakfast—sourdough toast, scrambled eggs with truffle oil, and black coffee—and dressed in the soft silk robe he bought me in Paris. Everything was exactly as he liked it. I set the table. The flowers were fresh. The morning sun filtered through the sheer curtains, warm and golden. Perfection. At least on the surface. Daniel walked in like he always did—confident, composed, already halfway into the version of
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Shattered Vows Chapter Eleven:The Mask Slips
ElenaAffairs are delicate things—beautiful in the beginning, reckless in the middle, and suffocating at the end.Especially when trust becomes a weapon.That night, I watched Daniel sleep.Or pretend to.His breathing was uneven. His fingers twitched. His body was still, but his mind was moving. I could feel it.Sophie had called him. I knew she had. And it hadn’t gone well.By morning, the mask he wore was thinner.He didn’t kiss me goodbye. Didn’t touch his breakfast. Just stared at his phone like it held a ticking bomb.And maybe it did.I waited exactly two hours before calling Rachel. “He’s unraveling.”“Then so is she,” she said. “I’ve got something you’ll want to see.”I met her at her apartment. She handed me a flash drive and poured two glasses of wine—no words, no need. We were past small talk now.“She sent Daniel a voice note last night,” Rachel said. “Crying. Accusing him of betrayal. I intercepted it through a trace
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