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A new man

Author: Jessy May
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-02 05:06:23

~JESSICA~

It was past midnight when I crept downstairs, unable to sleep.

The house was quiet except for the occasional snore from the living room where Grace had fallen asleep watching a crime documentary, half a bowl of popcorn still on her lap.

I padded softly into the kitchen, the dogs trailing behind me like sleepy shadows. I poured myself a glass of water, leaned against the counter, and stared at the faint reflection of myself in the window.

My face looked different.

Not older. Just… changed.

Grief could do that. So could betrayal.

But what hurt the most wasn’t the betrayal.

It was how much I still wanted him.

Even after the video, even after the lies, even after the silence… I wanted Daniel.

And I hated myself for it.

I pressed the cold glass to my forehead and sighed.

Suddenly, a small buzz came from my phone on the counter.

I glanced at it, expecting it to be Grace or some late-night spam notification.

But it wasn’t.

It was him.

Daniel: “Are you okay?”
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