NORMANI.Jackie stepped out of my office and my gaze followed her. Her phone beeped, and I heard her talking to someone. It was his voice. It was Shawn speaking on the other side of the phone. His thick voice boomed through and my heart skipped a beat. I was staring at the door, listening in when her voice sounded….“Baby, okay, I am coming now,” she said, her voice suddenly soft. “I am sorry I stayed late. Tell the maid to prepare my favorite dish. I am hungry.”Then she put the phone on speaker. Intentionally. Boldly.She wanted me to hear.And I did. “Alright,” Shawn’s voice said from the phone. “Come home quickly.”My breath hitched. He wanted her to come home quickly. He loved her. What did I expect, they were a couple. Of course, he was going to be obsessed with her. Did I expect him to be obsessed with me? Yet,Hearing his voice on her phone felt like being stabbed in the stomach—deep, slow, and twisting pain. I didn’t speak. I didn’t flinch. I watched her drop the phon
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