For a moment, I honestly believed my husband had to be joking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stared at Callum, waiting for him to laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But his expression remained completely serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was sitting opposite me at our kitchen table, his cellphone turned facedown beside him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our five-year-old son, Kieran, had gone to sleep barely twenty minutes earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Callum had just finished reading his favorite dinosaur book three times because Kieran refused to settle for anything less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had tucked our little boy into bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then he\u2019d returned to the kitchen, kissed my cheek, and handed me a generous slice of pecan pie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything had seemed perfectly ordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until he sat down and calmly announced that our marriage was about to become something I had never agreed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I could only stare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t misunderstand me, Maggie. I\u2019m not planning to leave you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I blinked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve just admitted you\u2019re in love with another woman. How exactly am I supposed to interpret that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI still have feelings for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat doesn\u2019t make what you\u2019re saying any less painful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Callum leaned back in his chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve spent a lot of time figuring out how we can make this work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Somehow, that statement hurt almost as much as hearing Elena\u2019s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because it meant this wasn\u2019t a sudden confession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had been making plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow long has this been happening?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He looked toward the kitchen window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCallum. Answer me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NEXT PAGE<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He hesitated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA couple of months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My fingers tightened around the edge of the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd during those months, what exactly have you been planning?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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