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Chapter Twenty-three: Back in her skin
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An Almost Honest Affair Chapter 66
Mia stopped sleeping properly.Not the kind of insomnia that came from racing thoughts, but the quieter kind where sleep arrived and left in fragments, where dreams bled too easily into waking life. She would drift off only to jolt awake with the feeling that she had forgotten something important. Something dangerous.She lay on her side now, staring at the faint line of light beneath the bedroom door. Liam hadn’t come to bed again.Her baby shifted, a slow roll that made her inhale sharply.“I know,” she whispered, pressing her palm there. “I feel it too.”She got up, wrapped a cardigan around herself, and padded down the hall.Liam was in the kitchen. Sitting at the table. Head in his hands.He looked up when he heard her. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you.”“You didn’t,” she said. Then, after a beat, “What’s wrong?”He hesitated, like he was choosing words from a minefield. “Rose had a scare tonight.”Mia leaned against the counter. “Another one?”“She fainted. Briefly. The doctor
An Almost Honest Affair 65
Mia woke up with the strange certainty that something had already gone wrong.Not the dramatic kind. No phone vibrating, no shouting down the hall. Just a quiet heaviness in her chest, like her body had sensed the shift before her mind could catch up.She lay still for a moment, one hand resting over her stomach, feeling for the familiar reassurance of movement.There it was. A soft nudge. Then another.“Good morning,” she whispered, forcing a smile into the empty room.Liam’s side of the bed was cold.That had become normal.She got up slowly, showered, dressed, moved through the house like a guest in a place that used to belong to her. Rose was already in the kitchen when Mia walked in, sipping tea, sunlight catching the diamond at her throat.“Morning,” Rose said gently.Mia nodded. “Morning.”They existed together in polite silence now. No open hostility. No warmth either. Just careful steps around invisible landmines.Rose’s hand drifted to her stomach.“I’ve been feeling a bit d
An Almost Honest Affair Chapter 63
The first headline didn’t come from a major outlet.It came from a blog.A small one. Easy to dismiss. The kind people pretended they didn’t read but always did.Mia saw it on her phone while waiting for Ethan in a quiet café tucked between two office buildings.TECH CEO SEEN GETTING “TOO CLOSE” WITH FORMER RIVAL TROUBLE IN THE WOLFE MARRIAGE?There was a photo beneath it.Grainy. Cropped. Taken from across the street.Her and Ethan. Standing too close. His hand mid-gesture. Her head tilted as she listened.Nothing scandalous.But context was everything.Mia didn’t flinch. She simply locked her phone and set it face-down on the table.“Let me guess,” Ethan said as he sat down. “We’ve been noticed.”“Barely,” she replied. “Which makes it perfect.”He studied her face. “You’re not upset?”“I’m tired of pretending I don’t know how this works.”She stirred her tea slowly. “Rose doesn’t need truth. She needs timing.”Ethan’s jaw tightened. “She’s setting you up.”“Yes,” Mia said calmly. “A
An Almost Honest Affair Chapter 63
The first thing Mia learned about being ignored was that it didn’t happen loudly.It happened in pauses. In delayed replies. In the way Liam’s attention slid past her like water around stone.He still asked if she’d eaten. Still reminded her about appointments. Still kissed her cheek before leaving the house.But the kisses were lighter now. Distracted. Like a habit he hadn’t yet broken.Rose, on the other hand, needed him.That was the word she used.Needed.Mia heard it constantly, woven into conversation to often like a fragile thread that would snap if pulled too hard.“ I've been dizzy again lat6,” Rose would say softly. "I shouldn’t be alone right now.” “The doctor said stress could be dangerous at this stage.”And Liam .Liam responded every time.Not because he loved Rose. He loved the child though.Liam has always had a thing for children,he swore to be there for his and give them all the love and things he missed as a kid.Mia knew that much.He responded because guilt had a
An Almost Honest Affair Chapter: Unraveling Secrets
Grief didn’t leave when the burial ended. It followed Mia home. It sat with her at the dining table where Jared used to steal food off Liam’s plate. It stood in the hallway where his laugh used to echo. It crept into the bedroom at night and pressed its weight against her chest until breathing felt like work. The house still smelled the same clean, expensive, quiet but something essential had gone missing. Like a note pulled out of a chord. Everything sounded wrong now. Mia woke before dawn most days. Not because she was rested, but because sleep refused to keep her. She lay on her side, one hand resting over her stomach, feeling the soft, steady proof that at least one thing in her life still chose to stay. Sometimes the baby moved gently, like a reminder. Sometimes it didn’t, and panic bloomed until she felt it again. Liam slept beside her, but not with her. There was a difference. His body faced away now. His breaths were shallow, restless. Even in sleep, there was distan
An Almost Honest Affair Chapter 61: Farewell Jared
The sky was gray the kind of gray that felt intentional, like the world itself had chosen to mourn.Mia stood beneath a black umbrella, her fingers numb around the handle, her belly heavy beneath her coat. The cemetery stretched out before her in neat, indifferent rows, damp earth clinging to polished shoes and hems of dark clothing.Jared Coleman’s casket rested at the front.Closed. Final.She hadn’t cried yet.Not because she didn’t want to but because something inside her had locked tight, refusing to open. As if tears would mean admitting that he was really gone. As if once she cried, she would never stop.Liam stood beside her, silent, his jaw clenched so hard a muscle jumped near his temple. He hadn’t slept. None of them had. His suit hung on him like borrowed skin.Ava was there too, standing slightly behind Mia, one hand hovering near her back like she was afraid Mia might shatter if touched too firmly.And Rose stood on the other side of Liam.Dressed in black. Head bowed. H
An Almost Honest Affair Chapter 60: Quiet Way Out
Hospitals were loud in the daytime.At night, they whispered.Mia learned that sitting in the waiting room, her hands folded over her belly, her eyes burning from exhaustion she couldn’t sleep away. Machines hummed softly behind the glass. A nurse passed every now and then. Everything looked… norma
An Almost Honest Affair Chapter 59: Water Under the Bridge
Mia felt it before she knew why.It started as a pressure in her chest, sudden and sharp, like her lungs had forgotten how to work. The music at the gala blurred into noise, the lights too bright, the laughter too loud. She pressed a hand to her stomach, steadying herself.Something was wrong.“Mia
An Almost Honest Affair Chapter 58: Too late Jared.
Mia hadn’t planned on going to the gala.She was standing in her bedroom, halfway out of her dress, staring at herself in the mirror with a kind of detached exhaustion. The swelling of her belly was unmistakable now. Her body felt heavier, slower, like it belonged to someone else.After the photosh
An Almost Honest Affair Chapter 56 — The Space Between
Mia realized it one morning when she reached across the bed and touched cold sheets.Liam hadn’t come back.She lay there for a long time, staring at the ceiling, listening to the quiet hum of the city outside. Her body felt heavy, her limbs slow, like grief had finally settled into her bones inste
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