Chapter 35

Rosalie felt like her heart was being torn apart, and her mind was on the verge of splitting open.

Cynthia even knew about these things. It seemed that Theodore had been telling Cynthia everything about his married life over the past year. They had been in contact all along.

“Theo once went on a two–month business trip, right? He was with me,

Cynthia volunteered the information. “He was with me the whole time, traveling together. He was happiest when he was with me.”

It felt like one thunderbolt after another was striking Rosalie’s brain. She was in a daze, hoping desperately that this was just a nightmare and that she would wake up soon.

Rosalie remembered the night when Theodore had come home in a hurry, wanting to be intimate with her. They hadn’t seen each other for two months, and she was deeply in love with him, so she hadn’t pushed him away.

The whole process had gone smoothly. He had been gentle and considerate of her feelings. But the following day, he asked for a divorce.

Since he wanted a divorce and had been with Cynthia for those two months, why had he come back that night and touched her?

sharp pain was keeping her from spiraling. She took a deep breath to calm herself, refusing to let herself panic or lose her composure because

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going to divorce me anyway. Are you trying to provoke me?

pieces, but she didn’t want to show any signs

Cynthia innocently shook her head. “No, you must have misunderstood me. I didn’t mean it that way. I’m just

feel nauseous. She was disgusted

you mean by ‘looking out for me‘, Ms. Zeller? How

I have your best interests at heart. Theo is a remarkable man, and I’m certain you

you to hold on to unrealistic fantasies. I’m

but to some extent, what she said was not

were indeed that. All the

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