BEAUTIFULLY UNFAITHFULLY
He didn't look back, didn't apologize, a moment later, the heavy front door of the penthouse clicked shut, leaving me standing in the center of the room.
The silence that followed wasn't just quiet; it was deafening, It clawed at my skin.
A heavy, burning wave of pure, unadulterated frustration coiled deep in my belly. My skin felt too tight.
The rejection hadn't killed my desire; it had mutated it into something angry, violent, and desperate. I was forty years old, at the absolute peak of my womanhood, and I was starving.
I couldn't stay in our bedroom, the scent of his cologne still lingered in the air, a cruel mockery of what I couldn't have.