New Beginning from Betrayl

scam, but you couldn't escap

ng anniversary, I

in a romantic suite, his face awa

an Howard Clark, the jerk

ting a pang of heartache that neve

at day it is today?" My heart pounded with anxiet

lanced at me, and said spari

For instance, just remembering our third

ression relaxing considerably. "Ton

ly today," he sai

ut too. He loved fresh seafood, so I needed to buy the f

roublesome to prepare and difficult to eat-shri

he way to a man's heart was through his st

dishes I made, I hoped he could l

dn't ask for much,

y hands suffered, with countless tiny cuts, but the thought of Ho

fternoon, I prepared for th

thpaste and taking a shower, I used plenty of

ed the smell of fresh seafood when they were raw, just lik

osen long ago for our third anniversary, carefully applie

full of anticipation, waiting for Howard to retu

by, my mood g

s, tried every way to reach him,

I opened the wind

s of marriage. I just didn't expect it to happen o

thought it was him and eagerly checked my phone,

stered the courage, my fingers tr

e a photo

lay naked on a themed b

that the best seven years of my life had gone t

as unexpec

n the sofa, silently contemplating the relationship betw

social media, "What's mine, no one could take

ace that could only be custom-made once in a man's lifetime ac

o give me such a necklace, but he refu

s time to end