“Let it go? Carl, you’re my husband! If you sleep with another woman, that’s cheating!”
Carl paused for a second before shooting me a cold look. “It’s only cheating if I hide it. I’m being honest with you, Hailey. Stop blowing this out of proportion.”
His words cut right through me, and I completely lost it.
After he left, I tossed all the food on the table straight into the trash. I had woken up early to make this special meal, but he didn’t even spare it a glance.
I put a hand on my belly and let out a bitter laugh. “Baby, your dad doesn’t want us anymore.”
Then it hit me—Carl had said he wouldn’t regret anything. But what if he was the one who’d ended up killing our baby? Would he regret it then?
…
He wanted a divorce because he said he couldn’t cheat while still married. I wasn’t having it. I knew it wasn’t really his idea—it had to be Wendy’s.
If Carl cheated while we were still married, he’d lose everything. But if he divorced me first, then hooked up with Wendy, we’d split everything down the middle.
Even if I fought him on it after that, it wouldn’t matter.
…
“It’s just a formality, Hailey. After I sleep with her, we’ll get remarried.”
I stared at him, the man who once promised me forever. How could he say something so horrible? Didn’t it make him sick?
I clenched my fists, trying to hold back the tears, and shot him a fiery look. “Carl, are you really sure you want a divorce?”
Carl frowned. “It’s just a formality. We’ll get remarried once all this blows over.”
