Mio marito ha invitato il suo capo a casa nostra, ma poco prima di arrivare mi ha guardato con disgusto e ha sussurrato: “Resta in camera da letto. Mi vergogno di averti visto così. Se il mio capo ti vede, rovinerai la mia promozione.”

marriage was dead, that we slept in separate rooms, and that imaginary doctors forbade you from asking for a divorce.”

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Alejandro’s jaw tightened as he tried to regain control. “Chloe misunderstood the context of those conversations—”

“Did she misunderstand when you slept with her?”

Silence.

“Did she misunderstand the lease applications for apartments you were looking at together?”

Alejandro looked away and rubbed the back of his neck. “It was a relationship. Yes.”

A sharp ache moved through Mariana’s chest, but there was no surprise left. “And