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I Saw Him in Her Heart

I Saw Him in Her Heart

Oleh:  Migo111Tamat
Bahasa: English
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I have a secret. When I touch someone, I see the face of the person they love most. Since Natalie moved in next door when we were seven, I always saw myself in her heart. At eighteen, when she held my hand—it was me. At twenty-two, when she proposed—it was me. On our wedding night, when she kissed me—it was still me. On the morning of our third anniversary, I fixed the hem of her dress. My fingers grazed her ankle. Out of habit, I closed my eyes. This time, I saw two faces. Mine. And some guy I'd never seen before. That night, Natalie's phone lit up. [Thanks for spending today with me, Natalie.] Twenty-one years. A hundred thousand touches. And for the first time, I was wrong.

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Chapter 1

I'd booked our anniversary dinner a month ago.

I put on the suit Natalie Dillon once said looked best on me, then strapped on the watch she'd given me.

By six, I was dressed, adjusting my cuff links in the mirror.

My phone rang.

"I have to leave for a business trip. I won't be home tonight."

She sounded rushed.

The call ended.

For the first time, she hung up before I could.

I stared at my reflection, one cuff link still undone.

Then Corey called.

"Guess I'll celebrate with you instead."

Corey drove over and took me to dinner.

When we pulled up outside the restaurant, I reached for the door.

Then froze.

Natalie sat at a table by the window.

Across from her was some guy, maybe twenty-five or twenty-six, dimples flashing when he smiled.

Natalie leaned over and wiped cream from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief.

She'd done that for me since we were eighteen.

Corey saw them too.

He shoved his door open, ready to storm in.

I grabbed his arm.

"Don't."

"Who the hell is that?"

"I don't know."

Natalie came home around eleven, carrying red roses like she did every anniversary.

After her shower, she wrapped her arms around me from behind and rested her chin on my shoulder.

"Jake, I'm sorry about today. I'll make it up to you."

I closed my eyes.

Two faces overlapped.

Mine.

His.

Split right down the middle.

For the first time in twenty-one years, someone else was in her heart.

After she fell asleep, I unlocked her phone.

The passcode was still my birthday.

She hadn't changed it.

Ryan Leach's chat was pinned at the top.

The messages went back six months.

Work talk had slowly turned casual.

[Received] had turned into [Good night.]

One message from him said:

[I'm in a bad mood today. I want something sweet.]

She replied:

[I'll grab a mille-feuille from the bakery downstairs.]

Another said:

[I tried that restaurant you recommended. Went alone. It wasn't good. Come with me next time.]

The latest message was from tonight.

[Natalie, thanks for spending today with me.]

I set the phone down and lay back.

She rolled over out of habit, curled into my arms, and mumbled in her sleep.

"Who were you with today?"

"A client." She hummed, holding me a little tighter.

I didn't ask again.

The next morning, before she left, she kissed my forehead.

"Honey, I really couldn't get away yesterday. This weekend, let's do a spa getaway."

Her smile hadn't changed.

I looked at her for a second.

"Okay."

After she left, I folded the suit and shoved it to the back of the closet.

Around noon, Corey called to check on me.

The line went quiet for a few seconds.

"Jake, you've been crazy about her since you were seven."

"I know."

"So what are you gonna do?"

I looked out the window.

The sky was clear. Not a cloud in sight.

"I don't know."

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