I found my husband’s secret dinner reservation—so I invited his mistress’s husband to sit at the next table and watch the truth unfold

patterns.”

She laughed and slipped her arm through his.

Across town, Lucas lived whatever life men live after mistaking loyalty for weakness and secrecy for cleverness. Sophie had remarried quickly, divorced again faster, and eventually moved to California to reinvent herself in a city that specialized in second versions of people.

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