Who Exposed My Husband's Affair? The Super Bowl novel Chapter 17

By the time I got home, social media was on fire.

#Jaxon Proposes to Scarlett

#Jaxon & Scarlett: Hollywood’s New Power Couple

#Jaxon and Brenna’s Clean Break

#Brenna’s Wedding Dress Stunt–Comeback Attempt?

Their PR team had clearly scrubbed the comments. Everything was congratulations and heart emojis.

A few people questioned it:

[Ten–year relationship, new girl in two months? Sus much?]

[This was planned. No way this timing’s coincidence.]

[Been following Brenna forever. She’s not the attention–seeking type. That dude definitely cheated!]

But those comments got buried fast.

Suddenly, a new hashtag exploded:

#Scarlet Is A Homewrecker–PROOF

Some anonymous account posted receipts with timestamps. Including a photo from two months ago–when Jaxon and I were still together–showing him and Scarlett making out on a Hawaii beach.

I stared at my phone, brain short–circuiting.

The date stamp? The exact day I waited for him at LAX.

[axon knew I’d always dreamed of going to Hawaii. But we never made it happen.

While I sat in that airport for six hours, wondering what I did wrong…

He was already on a plane to Maui with Scarlett.

All those weeks I was losing my mind over his cold shoulder, analyzing every text…

They were living it up on MY dream vacation, swimming and kissing and doing couple shit.

And I’m the one who ended up breaking up with him.

Somehow, tears hit my phone screen. I keep wiping them but they won’t stop.

Then Jaxon calls.

Chapter 3

I don’t answer–just block his number.

Sitting on my couch, trying to figure out how the guy who promised to love me forever turned into such garbage.

No clue how long I sat there, then I hear the front door keypad beeping.

I look up to see Jaxon’s face, barely controlling his rage.

He grabs my wrist hard enough to leave marks.

“Did you leak those photos?”

I stare for a second.

Then notice hickeys all over his neck, fresh from someone’s mouth.

Like he just rolled out of Scarlett’s bed to come here.

I laugh, but it sounds bitter and broken:

“Jaxon, YOU’RE the cheating piece of shit here. What gives you the right to come at ME?”

Seeing guilt flash in his eyes, all my pain turns to pure rage.

CRACK-

I slap him so hard my nails leave bloody scratches.

He touches his face, looking stunned, doesn’t move for the longest time.

I’m wiping angry tears. Neither of us speaks.

Pretty ironic when you think about it.

Everyone always said I protected Jaxon like he was made of glass.

Ten years ago, some sleazy producer tried to assault newcomer Jaxon at a party, got him drunk, and when Jax refused, beat the shit out of him in front of everyone.

Back then, when he came home with a swollen face, I cried for days.

That’s when I decided to go public with our relationship at my career peak.

Just wanted to make his life easier.

Now Jaxon’s A–list, and I’m just dead weight.

The TV suddenly starts playing some old interview from when we went public-

Jaxon’s holding me tight, tears in his eyes, telling reporters how he saw my billboard on his way to an audition and never dreamed that woman could be his girlfriend.

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Chapter 3

How he’d always treat me like his whole world.

Watching past Jaxon being all earnest feels like a cruel joke. I turn it off.

“Babe…”

Present Jaxon looks at me with complicated eyes–nostalgic, guilty, ashamed.

Jaxon, I gave you ten years with zero regrets. YOU changed. YOU emotionally abused me until I had to leave.”

I don’t know who posted those photos, but thank GOD they did. Now I see what a complete waste of space you are.”

Hope this ruins your pathetic career. And if it doesn’t? I’ll make sure it does.”

lis face goes dark. Still can’t believe I didn’t leak it.

Brenna, quit lying. Who else would want to destroy me-”

le stops himself.

I don’t know who got those photos, but that kiss was photoshopped. While we were together, I never cheated.”

Then where the HELL were you when I waited at LAX for our Hawaii trip?”

axon puts on this sincere face:

I WAS in Hawaii that day. Yeah, I lied. But I was meeting with some international director. You hate that guy–never wanted me vorking with him–so I kept it quiet.”

Had no clue Scarlett would be there. We just bumped into each other. Nothing happened.”

Believe it or not, Scarlett and I only got together AFTER we broke up.”

stare at Jaxon without saying a word.

axon’s about to say something else when his phone suddenly goes off.

Whatever the caller says makes him look at me sharply, expression going grave.

It’s Dr. Reid.”

Dr. Reid was Grandma’s surgeon and Jaxon’s med school buddy.

ast year Grandma got diagnosed with a brain tumor, Benign, but risky to remove. Jaxon hooked me up with his friend.

Grandma had another episode. She’s in surgery now.”

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