SHATTERED AND TEMPTED
I would pack Luna’s things and mine, leave this city, run my business remotely, and leave the house that still smelled like Mark, leave the woman who had quietly taken my place in my daughter’s stories and my damn husband’s bed.
I will go for a clean break. A new start somewhere the neighbors didn’t know my shame.
And right now, just one reckless night with the man who looked at me like I was worth ruining for… it didn’t feel like betrayal anymore. It felt like survival.
I lifted my chin, met his gaze, and let another tear fall on purpose.
“Yes,” I whispered. “It is.”
The words barely left my mouth before I moved.
I grabbed the back of his neck with both hands and pulled him down hard. My mo