Sunny Embrace
Ashton King had been in love with me for twelve years before he finally won me over.
Whenever his friends brought it up, they would say, “If you ever break up, we’ll stop believing in love.”
“Where else are you going to find a man who saved himself for you for that many years?”
I believed them. No one could love me more than Ashton did.
Then, the night before our wedding, something changed.
My best friend had just returned from abroad. We were waiting out the rain in the car when she pointed to a young intern outside.
“Chloe, look. She’s wearing the same bracelet as Ashton and has the same phone case. Do you think she has a crush on him?”
I glanced over, then shook my head with a laugh. “He wouldn’t encourage that. He spent twelve years pining after me.”
“Exactly. He knows what it feels like,” she said. “What if he sees himself in her and starts falling for her too?”
My hand went still.
A moment later, Ashton hurried out of the office building.
He walked up to the intern and handed her an umbrella.
For the first time, I felt a flicker of doubt about the man I trusted so completely.