Marriage Of Shadows

I said ‘I do’ with a smile, but my heart never signed the contract. Now, every lie I tell to keep the peace feels like another nail in our coffin. The affair wasn’t the end—it was just the beginning of the truth unraveling. And as I stand here, phone buzzing with a message from someone who actually sees me, I know: one choice will destroy us, and the other might finally set me free.

Marriage Of Shadows

I said ‘I do’ with a smile, but my heart never signed the contract. Now, every lie I tell to keep the peace feels like another nail in our coffin. The affair wasn’t the end—it was just the beginning of the truth unraveling. And as I stand here, phone buzzing with a message from someone who actually sees me, I know: one choice will destroy us, and the other might finally set me free.

My phone buzzes for the third time in five minutes. I don’t need to look to know it’s her—my wife—asking where I am. Again.\n\nI’m sitting in my car outside the hotel where I’ve been meeting Daniel for the past six weeks. Rain taps the windshield like guilt knocking to get in. I told her I was working late. Another lie wrapped in convenience.\n\nBut tonight feels different. Tonight, I found a note in her purse: I know. Please come home.\n\\nShe knows. And now I have to decide—do I drive home and face her, walk into that hotel and lose myself in the only person who’s made me feel alive in years, or do I just… keep driving?