Chapter 3
I got home and took a long, hot shower.
When I came out, Spencer was in the living room.
He hesitated for a second, then actually said thanks.
“Anyway… thanks for helping me out back there.”
“I mean… we’re technically still married.”
“If it came out right then, it would’ve made Isabella look bad.”
“I’ll… I’ll find the right time to make our relationship public.”
I didn’t bother reminding him.
There’s no relationship left to announce.
This marriage is over.
Might as well pretend it never existed.
It’s better for both of us.
Then he suddenly remembered to care.
“But why were you even there?”
I smiled a little and looked straight at him.
I didn’t say a word.
Not until he started shifting uncomfortably under my gaze.
“It was Mr. Whitmore who invited me,” I finally said.
Then it hit him.
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Tonight’s fireworks show-
He’d promised it to me weeks ago.
But life with Isabella was just too sweet.
He forgot all about me.
“I’m sorry. Next week–no, next week I’ve got a business trip.”
“How about next month? I swear I’ll take you then.”
I shook my head.
“Let’s just see how it goes.”
Spencer looked satisfied with my “maturity.”
He gently wrapped his arms around me.
But I’d never felt a hug so cold in my life.
The next day, he really did go on his trip.
With Isabella.
They had candlelit dinners in between meetings.
Visited museums in the next state.
Tried that coastal seafood shack he always refused to take me to.
He once said, “A CEO eating that kind of stuff? It’s beneath me.”
But with Isabella, Spencer had no ego, no title.
Just a guy completely in love with her.
Three days to go.
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Spencer finally came back.
I hadn’t contacted him once during the whole two–week trip.
He looked around the spotless house and suddenly seemed to realize something-
Maybe for the first time in five years.
“Babe… you’ve really been holding things down here. Thank you.”
It had been so long since he called me that.
I couldn’t even remember the last time.
“I was thinking, maybe we could go see fireworks the day after tomorrow, but… the city banned them this year.”
I could tell he never planned on taking me.
Isabella probably said something.
“Don’t worry about it,” I replied.
He blinked, surprised.
“You… really don’t mind?”
Back then, I would’ve lost it.
Yelled at him for always breaking his promises.
But now?
I didn’t care anymore.
“It’s just fireworks. I’ll live.”
Same with Spencer.
I’d live without him.
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He was quiet for a while, then said,
“Then maybe we can go check out that property in Westbrook the day after tomorrow?”
“They’re doing a river lantern thing out there.”
“You can see it from the house.”
I glanced at my phone.
That day was Valentine’s Day.
And he was planning to spend it with me?
Yeah, right.
He was just throwing me a bone.
“You sure you won’t be with Isabella that night?”
Spencer stiffened a little.
“I’ve been with her for a while.”
“It’s only fair I spend some time with you too.”
Even he seemed to realize how ridiculous that sounded.
He looked down, guilty.
I didn’t call him out.
Just went along with it.
Played my part.
After all, that day wasn’t just Valentine’s Day.
It was also the day our divorce became official.
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A fitting way to say goodbye.
