My Husband Said His Student Was More Important Than His Pregnant Wife Until I Asked for Divorce novel Chapter 63

Chapter 7

That same afternoon, I moved out of the dorm as fast as I could.

I didn’t reach out to Jasper again until the graduation party about a week later.

He showed up with Blair by his side, and quiet murmurs rippled through the private room every now and

then.

I pretended not to hear, quietly eating and occasionally forcing a reply to classmates’ small talk.

It was on my way home that Jasper called-the first time he’d reached out in a month.

My brain screamed to hang up, but my fingers hit the answer button instinctively.

“Where are you?”

That familiar voice, that familiar tone.

With just a few words, the wall I’d built around my heart crumbled.

My nose stung, and I fought to keep my voice steady as I told him where I was.

He said only “Wait for me,” then hung up.

I waited for four hours that night.

I waited until the busy streets emptied and the food carts closed up.

That’s when I understood-hope is a sandcastle, easily washed away by reality.

By the time Jasper arrived, I’d been waiting almost six hours.

He motioned toward his car. I pushed myself up from the bus stop pole, my legs stiff and slow.

“Got held up with something,” he said.

He glanced at my lips, pale from the cold, and frowned slightly.

“Why didn’t you call when I didn’t show? Were you really going to stand here all night?”

I pulled out my phone-its screen had gone black long ago. Jasper fell silent.

After a pause, I spoke quietly. “Jasper, next time you’re busy, just tell me.”

The air went still. Neither of us said anything else.

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That night, I never mentioned the post I’d seen from Blair-a five-tier birthday cake in the middle of the party

room, surrounded by everyone from the graduation party.

Everyone except me.

In that moment, everything made sense.

No wonder the others had mumbled about other plans and urged me to leave early.

No wonder Blair had shot me a triumphant smirk as she leaned toward Jasper on my way out.

No wonder Jasper had called right after I left, only to leave me waiting for hours.

It was all too coincidental, yet so deliberately and openly exclusionary.

That was just him-when he was with someone, he’d shower them with the world, and everyone else might

as well not exist.

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