Not coming home.

“No,” Audrey said to herself aloud. “Not this again.” Her mind flashed back to that night when all this began and she caught Josh with Megan. “I can’t go through this twice.” She marched out of the conference room and towards Lucien’s secretary. “Where is he?”

​ “He’s… um… still in that meeting,” she answered, looking at everything but Audrey.

​ Her heart sank realizing the kind of meeting he was in.

​ “Do you want me to call him?”

​ “No. Don’t even tell him I was here.” She ran out of the building, cake in tow. Why did he have to lie to her? She knew all along that this was a contract marriage. If Lucien wanted to see other women, she didn’t care. But why would he lie to her? Why would he be sweet to her over the phone, and then lie about being excited to see her?

Audrey wanted to throw the cake in the street, but she refused to cause a scene. She wandered in the parking lot, not ready to go home yet, when she overheard what seemed to be a couple arguing,she paused.

​ “Please, I made