My Husband Claimed He Was Going to Work Every Morning, Until I Discovered He Had Been on Leave for a Week—Then I Followed Him and Saw Who He Was Secretly Meeting

week.”

“I know.”

“Is this about another woman?”

His head snapped up.

“No.”

The answer came so quickly that I almost believed him.

Almost.

“Then is it about Vanessa?”

He went completely still.

I had my answer before he spoke.

He looked at me with an expression I had never seen before.

Fear.

Not anger. Not indignation. Fear.

“How do you know about Vanessa?” he whispered.

I felt my heart sink.

Because he hadn’t asked whether I had seen them together.

He hadn’t asked what I meant.

He had simply