Chapter 19 Smooth–Talker
The phone call shocked Matthew and me. His eyes narrowed, while mine grew sharper as I looked at him
and demanded, “Answer it!”
Matthew froze again.
“You will answer this call in front of me if you have any conscience left. I’ll give you one last chance!” I
stared at him, holding my still–crying daughter close.
After a while, I straightened up and continued, “I used to believe my husband would never betray me, even
in a world full of lies. You’ve let me down.”
I finally uttered the words I never wanted to face. I never expected the concept of betrayal to affect us
too. I cried as the words left my mouth. My cries mixed with Ava’s in a symphony of heartache and
brokenness.
ringtone was even more jarring in the tense atmosphere. I looked
husband staring at me. Gradually, his fingers clenched into a fist as I
at my
“Answer it!”
the phone and said, “I–It’s Melanie.”
Regardless of who it was, I wouldn’t give him another chance to
hesitated, he saw my determination and reluctantly answered, “Mel, I’m
with Chloe right now. Can we talk
you tomorrow then!” It was indeed Melanie’s
the phone, Matthew
lost in the face of this unexpected turn. Ava’s cries for me made it impossible to continue
up and carried her
“C–Chlo… Chlo!”
my tears as the door closed. I was so close to exposing Matthew, yet he twisted the situation. I suspected Melanie must be covering
was cunning and a convincing llar, making me shudder just thinking about it. I had shared my bed with that man for many years, but he led a double life while I clung to my fantasies.
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me continuously, but
the scene of her falling haunted me. My heart ached with regret, and
a wink.
following morning, Matthew prepared breakfast and innocently stood outside Ava’s room
us up.
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