The Affair Revenge My Bestfriend's Husband Offered Me
She opened her mouth to say it wasn't trust, it was strategy, that his win and hers had simply diverged, but the distinction felt thin even to her.
"You set the rules," she said, steadier.
"That first night at the Lexington Club. In private, we tell the truth. So here it is: I helped him. I'd do it again. Not because I forgive him, because I want him alive long enough to destroy the person who actually broke him. That's not mercy. That's the longer revenge."
He held her gaze for a long moment. When he spoke, it wasn't angry. Just quiet, and certain.
"You think you're free of them," he said. "But every move you make, you make on their board. You're not winning. You're just fighting a war they