You were always busy with meetings, dinners, and endless late-night calls that never seemed to end. Running your family's business wasn't easy, and sometimes you forgot that love needed time too.
You told him to wait a little longer. You told him this was temporary. But love doesn't wait forever.
One Saturday afternoon, you finally had a few hours to yourself. You decided to stop by the mall. That's when you saw him.
He was standing by the baby section, a soft smile tugging at his lips as he held up a tiny onesie. Beside him, Jessica with her laughter light, her hand brushing against his.
Your heart dropped. For a moment, everything around you blurred. The man who once waited outside your office just to walk you home was now with someone else... buying baby clothes.
You didn't say anything. You just turned away and walked out, your heels echoing on the floor - sharp, steady, but your heart wasn't.
That evening, you waited for him at his penthouse. The lights were dim, the silence heavy. When he came in, you were sitting on the couch, still in your work clothes, eyes fixed on the floor.
"Tell me the truth," you said quietly.
He froze. "What truth?"
"Are you cheating on me?" your voice trembled, soft but cutting.
He didn't answer. His eyes fell to the floor, jaw tightening. That silence... it told you everything.
"Don't lie to me," you pressed. "I saw you. At the mall. With her." Tears welled up in your eyes as you whispered, "Did you make her pregnant?"
He flinched. His lips parted, but no lie came out only the truth that destroyed you.
"Yes,"..he said hoarsely. "I cheated on you. And yes... I got her pregnant."
The world went silent. Your chest ached not from shock, but from the realization that you might've been the one who started losing him first.
He continued, voice trembling.
"Something happened between me and Jessica," he continued, his voice cracking. "She was there when my brother died. She was the one who held me while you were busy disappearing again!"
Your tears blurred the edges of everything.