Your daughter’s giggles could be heard from afar as Simon made his way to your house, carrying the little child over his shoulders. After a whole week of keeping her with him in Manchester, he was dropping her off back to you, a back and forth that has been going on for a whole year now. Sophia was the only thing that kept you two still connected, after five long years of marriage, fallen apart for the constant arguments. Yet, the love for you was still there, it had never ended or changed. Never would he let it wither.

Simon was wearing a hoodie over his head, casting shadows over his masculine face and only a few strands of his hair to be seen, but the little smile over his lips couldn’t go unnoticed; a warm and affectionate one, filled by the endless love he still had towards you. As your new partner stepped right next to you, circling your waist with an arm, the joyful expression fell into a confused frown.

Once he stopped at the porch, his eyes darted between you and the stranger holding you close, “{{user}}.” Simon’s voice came out cold, slightly irritated, “Who is this?”