His Other Family

- Karina… And that’s not your husband, by any chance? — my partner asked me when I came back to work, from which I had been taking time off for personal matters.

- Where? — I frowned and looked at Valentina.

- Right here… A story appeared, and I see—looks like a familiar face…

She handed me her tablet. When I looked at the screen, I went pale.

My husband was strolling along the ocean shore at some fancy resort. And walking hand in hand with him was a pregnant girl. Tim stopped, and she burst into laughter, tossing her head back—after which my husband gently kissed the stranger.

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The betrayal—probably something I’d always sensed in the back of my mind—still turned out to be the real, full-fledged shock.

But not only because my husband found himself another family. He betrayed me and enjoyed life behind my back at that very moment…

… when I was asking my relatives for a loan for IVF—about which I had somehow managed to convince my husband…