Chapter 6
I still remember how, after our engagement party ended, Joseph left his phone with me for safekeeping. The password was my birthday, and I was pinned at the top of all his social media.
But in a folder that should only have work documents, there was suddenly a short, three–second voice message.
I tapped it, and a woman’s sweet voice said, “Honey, I miss you.”
The smile froze on my lips, and my entire body went cold.
Outside, fireworks continued to go off, and the celebrations were loud. But at that moment, it was like I had gone deaf. around me seemed to fade away.
All I could hear, again and again, was that sentence.
The timestamp showed that it was sent a week ago at 6:00 pm.
Everything
That day had been an off day. Joseph and I had been shopping at the supermarket when we passed by the baby section. I had teased him, “Joseph, would you be happy if you became a dad right now?”
He had been looking at his phone as he told me he would be happy.
Tasked him, “What do you think of this baby outfit? It’s white, unisex, and even on discount. Why don’t we buy it now? And look at this stroller. It looks like it’s a good one. How about it?”
As I went on and on, Joseph finally looked up a little helplessly and smiled. “Lena, don’t you think it’s a little early? We still have plenty of time later.”
I noticed how distracted he seemed to be and decided that
tell him the surprise another time.
But looking back and tying these two moments together crushed my heart. While I had been dreaming of a beautiful future together, he had already fallen into another woman’s arms.
At the wedding, I gave myself countless pep talks.
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