She suddenly gasped and I straightened my posture and leaned on the table wanting to listen to her.
"Oo! Did I tell you what happened today?"
I shook my head but knowing she couldn't see me, I said, "Nah, please enlighten me." She laughed knowing we use this phrase everytime.
"I cheated."
I stopped smiling as soon as the words left her mouth.
"I was so disappointed in myself and I know you are too. But babe, just know I couldn't resist it."
Couldn't resist it?
What about our marriage? Our vows? Did nothing meant to her?
"W-why?" My voice was shaky and broken and my fists were in a tight clench.
"Why...? sigh even I don't know that. I guess you could say I wanted to be satisfied an-"
This was the last straw that broke me, "Satisfied?! Why, did I not satisfy you enough? Did I not mean anything to you!? Did it all not matter to you?! You threw our vows away! You threw everything away!!" I shouted feeling more anger rising in me.
"Kezr, what are you saying?" She spoke in a quiet voice obviously scared of my outburst.
"You are asking me what happened?! I'll tell you what happened! You. Threw. Our. Marriage away!!" I picked up her favorite vase that she had kept in my office and threw it at the wall. I saw it shatter in front of me. Just like my life right now. All shattered.
"Kez-" she went to speak but I cut her off.
"No! You tell me! Why!.... Why'd you do it? Was I not enough? Did I do something? I can fix it baby. Don't do this to me. Please. Don't do this to me." At this point I was practically on the ground clutching my heart as the fucker was beating really fast and clenching and unclenching causing it all to feel so surreal.
"What did I do? Even I am confused. Why did I throw our marriage away? Why are you sorry? I don't understand."
I took a deep breath to calm my nerves, "Why are you acting so dumb? You told me you cheated."
"Well, I didn't know you were too much of a nerd and hated cheaters. So what if I cheated? I know I am guilty, you don't need to tell me that too."
I was about to lose the last bit in me when I realized what she said. nerd? Where the fuck did 'nerd' come in here?
"Wait. What do you mean by nerd?"
She groaned, "Kezr, we had a test. I cheated. It was really hard. I didn't know you'd be so mad. I'll try harder next time. I promise. I was just desperate to, I wanted to be satisfied that my test would be okay."
My eyes widened and jaw dropped.
Test? Cheating?
"You mean you cheated on a test not on me?"
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