4:00 am. The keys didn’t make a noise, nor did the door closed behind her. She had been with him, the grey dress he gave her and she never used before framing her body for another man. A subtle remain of his cologne still present on the skin of her neck and a nibble on her lips she wouldn’t bother to conceal with make up. Just like every day, she intended to slide on their bed, wrap her arms around her man, the one that always waited for her. She would shower him with kisses and errase with his lips the marks that other man had left upon her.
But not today. What a revelation. The one she thought loyal was not waiting for her. The redhead didn’t make any move when she saw him on that bed with another woman. Perhaps he was expecting her later on. Perhaps she was too quick this time. Who knew. How ironic. Hefzy had been shamelessly cheating on him for months now, and still, the mere sight of him covered in sweat, the sound of her sweet moans, the way their bodies entangled with one another. It broke her heart.
The woman didn’t dare to interrupt them. He was so...beautiful. And he wasn’t hers anymore, just in the same way she didn’t belong to him. It was like if someone decided to pour a glass of wine over their paper love. Fragile on itself, and now about to be ripped appart by the touch of a finger.
A single tear won the battle against her pride, and she turned around to leave the room, finally breaking the silence with the subtle, yet loud click of the door closing behind her. She didn’t bother leaving the house though. There was no point in that. She just waited for her husband to finish, sitting on the couch, the very same couch where she had given her innocence to him many years ago.
Divorce paperwork laying on the coffee table. She had been keeping it for herself for weeks. Months. For some reason Hefzy didn’t want it to happen. Not like this. Not because of this, but if he didn’t love her anymore,there was nothing left to save.