of trying finally paid off. The thought of holding our child one day filled me with excitement, even as an old ache lingered. Frank's emotional distance had
ing his shirt. I stared at his chest, my cheeks flushing. Three years of marriage, and his looks still t
or before pulling out the report. My smile faded. How would Frank react to thi
said, taking a step forward. My heart rac
he growled, stepping out onto the balcony. I lingered in the doorway, listening to his low, agitated
he said, gra
is wait?" I pleaded, the report crum
" he said, and the
rned. How many nights had I stayed up waiting for him, only to be met with silence? How many times had I pushed aside
me. Bianca's name f
her voice teasing. "Y
furrowed
a wheelchair into that fancy restaurant
y stomach twisted. "Ar
ure. But
red over the home button as a news alert beeped. De
ra
k, grinning as he walked alongside a wheelchair-bound woman in a diamond
: "Her fiancé's face is hea
r work, not for an emergency, but for her. The woman who'd hur
he floor. My baby, our future, meant no
cheek. How long ha
e screen, and Frank's possessi
my chest tw
company, even though I hadn't slept a wink. The night's ev
Lanka group, remarked. She was talking to her friend while they waited for the elevator.
welry designer?"
he's also the only girlfriend our boss has ever admit
umored that our boss
ught sleeping her way to the top would make the boss fall in love with her. Now that the woman he lov
only to Frank and his family. I was Frank's personal assistant, but everyone assumed we were just close colleag
ped inside. Tatiana and Lili exchanged a g
omeone he loves. It's so degrading to cling to him like a
you," Lili whispered, though
th Frank. Now that his real woman had returned, they found an opportunity to ridicule me. "I'm just stating the truth.
ened into fist
tre
nd yet, I couldn't even
the decency to call and let me know where he was. I concluded he must have spent the night
dry. I was his legal wife, but I couldn't even defend my position.
fice. However, I wasn't in the mood to work that day
swivel chair, wearing different clothes from the ones he'd had on t
sk for a one-day leave," I requested
m bothered by
nk asked nonchalantly, h
replied, trying to swall
but I didn't want to hear that he'd been with another woman. Kn
didn't move, he raised an eye
d. Frank didn't even attempt to explain where he'd be
went to the parking lot. However, I bumped
an Dera Pete-the wom
everyone around her. She maneuvered her smart wheelchair and stopped in front of me, b
adn't expected to
f Frank these past three yea
was just a caretaker! Was she indirectly asking
r doing my duty as his wife,"
elchair, but her words felt like a mockery of
f away. Just as she was leaving, her phone slipped from her lap and fell to the ground. Lo
I crouched down to pick up the phone, Der
happ
ried, blood trickling dow
at
p voice boomed as h
familiar voice. It was my husband, and I'
ng from her forehead, his eyebrows furrowed in anger. He glared at
s I realized what was happ
ear, I didn'
and pushed me, causing me
d with worry. He looked at her and whispered gent