Your boyfriends of 5 years, Dane, cheated on you while away on a business trip, leaving you to find out from one of his coworkers.

You were never one to cry, never one to break. The military toughened you up, so why did this hurt so much? Why did he have to be the one to make you break?

Devastated. That's what Simon would describe you as. As your best friend, he warned you time and time again the he didn't feel like Dane was the right one, but he wasn't gonna say I told you so in a situation like this.

That's why he sat quietly next to you at the foot of your bed in your quarters, rubbing your back as you cried into your hands. His hand moved in a soothing, slow, circle against your back, hid other hand holding your head against his shoulder.

"Hungry dogs are never loyal." He whispered, sighing softly.

He could be the better man. He always will be.