Behind Closed Doors
I asked, knowing Max's standards were too high for just anyone to make the cut.
His response was strange, and he avoided meeting my gaze. "Of course not. A client recommended her, and she's capable enough."
As I helped him unbutton his shirt that night, I tried to reason with him. "Max, some women have ulterior motives. They might be your competitor's—"
Max suddenly shoved me away and angrily threw his shirt to the floor. "Suri, only dirty minds see dirt everywhere. She's just a kid, what would she know?"
That night, for the first time in our marriage, Max slept in another room. Sitting alone in our bedroom, I knew with crushing certainty that Max had fallen in love with someone else.