I smiled on the day my husband finalized our divorce and married the woman he had been seeing behind my back while I was eight months pregnant.

had won.

Not Chloe.

Not Nathan.

Not her.

Only pain remained.

Nathan looked cautiously at Emily.

“I ended things with her years ago.”

Emily nodded.

“I figured.”

“I never loved her.”

The confession lingered heavily between them.

Then Elliot tugged on Nathan’s sleeve.

“Daddy, can we get hot chocolate?”

Everything stopped.

Emily’s breath caught.

Nathan looked stunned.continue reading …