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đ¨ Anthony is Ready to Divorce Amber⌠But Amber Reveals a SECRET About Shayla That Leaves Him SpeechlessâŚđ
The room was tense long before anyone spoke. The air felt heavy, like something had already brokenâbut no one had said it out loud yet.
Anthony stood near the window, arms crossed, jaw tight. Amber sat on the couch, unusually calm, which only seemed to make things worse.
âJust say it,â Amber said quietly. âYou didnât come here to stare at me.â
Anthony exhaled sharply. âFine. Iâm done, Amber. I mean it this time. Iâve already spoken to a lawyer.â
She didnât flinch. âDivorce.â
âYes. Divorce.â His voice hardened. âI canât keep doing this. The lies, the fights, the constant drama. Iâm exhausted.â
Amber tilted her head slightly, studying him. âYou sound very sure of yourself.â
âI am.â
There was a pauseâtoo long to be comfortable.
Then Amber said, almost casually, âDoes Shayla know?â
Anthony frowned. âWhat does Shayla have to do with anything?â
Amber let out a soft, almost amused breath. âWow. So you really donât know.â
His posture stiffened. âKnow what?â
She leaned forward, elbows on her knees. âYouâre ready to throw away your marriage because you think Shayla is your fresh start, right? Your âpeaceâ? Your escape from me?â
âDonât twist this,â Anthony snapped. âShayla has nothing to do with why Iâm leaving you.â
Amber raised an eyebrow. âNothing? Not the late-night calls? The âbusiness meetingsâ? The way you smile at your phone like a teenager?â
âThatâs notââ He stopped himself. âEven if there is something, it doesnât change the fact that this marriage is broken.â
Amber nodded slowly. âYouâre right. It is broken.â She paused. âBut not for the reasons you think.â
Anthonyâs patience was thinning. âAmber, just say whatever youâre trying to say.â
She locked eyes with him, her voice dropping. âShayla didnât just walk into your life by accident.â
He blinked. âWhat does that mean?â
âIt means,â Amber continued, âsheâs been connected to me a lot longer than sheâs been connected to you.â
Anthony let out a short, disbelieving laugh. âThatâs ridiculous.â
âIs it?â Amber reached for her phone, tapping the screen calmly. âBecause I have messages. Old ones. Conversations you were never meant to see.â
His expression shiftedâjust slightly. âYouâre bluffing.â
âIâm not.â She turned the phone toward him but didnât hand it over yet. âShayla and I used to work together. Not just casuallyâwe were close. Close enough that she knew everything about my life. About us.â
Anthonyâs voice dropped. âYouâre lying.â
Amber shook her head. âShe knew your habits. Your temper. The way you pull away when things get hard.â A small, bitter smile appeared. âShe even knew how to make you feel understood.â
âThatâsâno. No, Shayla wouldâve told me.â
Amber finally handed him the phone.
He hesitated before taking it. His eyes scanned the screen⌠and then slowed.
The color drained from his face.
âThis⌠this doesnât make sense,â he muttered.
Amber watched him carefully. âLook at the dates.â
He scrolled. Earlier than he expected. Much earlier.
âThis is from before I even met herâŚâ he said, voice unsteady.
Amber nodded. âExactly.â
Anthony looked up, shaken. âWhy would sheâwhy would youâwhat is this?â
Amber leaned back, her calm now edged with something sharper. âAt first, it wasnât about you. We were just⌠talking. About relationships. About mistakes.â She paused. âThen things changed.â
âHow?â Anthony demanded.
Amber hesitated, just enough to make it worse. âShe got curious.â
âCurious about what?â
âAbout whether you were really the man I described⌠or if youâd become someone else with the right person.â
Anthony stared at her, disbelief turning into something more unsettled. âYouâre saying this was some kind of test?â
Amber didnât answer immediately.
âThatâs insane,â he said. âPeople donât do that.â
Amberâs eyes flickered. âYouâd be surprised what people do when theyâre hurt.â
He shook his head, pacing now. âNo. No, Shayla wouldnât play games like that. Sheâs not like you.â
Amber let out a quiet laughânot loud, but cutting. âThatâs exactly what I used to say about her.â
Silence fell again, heavier this time.
Anthony looked back at the phone, then at Amber. âWhy are you telling me this now?â
âBecause youâre about to make a life-altering decision,â she said. âAnd you deserve to know that the âperfect personâ you think youâre running toâŚâ She trailed off.
ââŚmight not be what I think,â he finished.
Amber nodded.
Anthonyâs voice dropped to almost a whisper. âDoes she still talk to you?â
Amber met his gaze. âWhat do you think?â
His stomach seemed to drop.
âAmberâŚâ he said slowly, âwhat arenât you telling me?â
She held his stare, her expression unreadable now.
âThe real question,â she replied softly, âis what she hasnât told you.â
Anthony stood there, completely stillâdivorce papers suddenly feeling a lot less certain than they had just minutes ago.
Anthony didnât speak for a long time.
The phone was still in his hand, but he wasnât scrolling anymore. He just stared at the messages like they might rearrange themselves into something less real.
âThis doesnât prove anything,â he said finally, though his voice lacked conviction. âPeople change. Maybe she knew you back then, but that doesnât mean sheâs been⌠manipulating anything now.â
Amber didnât argue. That unsettled him more than if she had.
âCall her,â she said quietly.
Anthony looked up. âWhat?â
âCall Shayla. Right now.â Amber gestured toward his phone. âPut it on speaker.â
He hesitated. Every instinct told him not toâbut not knowing felt worse.
After a moment, he tapped Shaylaâs contact and hit call.
It rang once.
Twice.
Thenâ
âHey,â Shaylaâs voice came through, warm, familiar. âEverything okay?â
Anthony swallowed. âYeah⌠I justâ I needed to ask you something.â
A pause. âYou sound tense. Whatâs going on?â
He glanced at Amber, who gave a small nod.
âDid you know Amber before me?â he asked.
Silence.
Not confusion. Not surprise.
Silence.
ââŚWhy would you ask that?â Shayla finally said, carefully.
Anthonyâs grip tightened on the phone. âJust answer the question.â
Another pauseâlonger this time.
ââŚYes,â she admitted.
The word landed like a crack in the room.
Anthony closed his eyes briefly. âHow long?â
âA few years,â she said. âWe worked together.â
âAnd you never thought to mention that?â
âI didnât think it mattered,â Shayla replied quickly. âWe werenât in each otherâs lives anymore.â
Amber let out a faint, humorless breath.
Anthony heard itâand so did Shayla.
ââŚIs she there?â Shayla asked, her tone sharpening.
âYes,â Anthony said.
Everything shifted.
âOf course she is,â Shayla muttered.
Anthonyâs voice grew firmer. âWere you talking to her about me before we met?â
This time, Shayla didnât dodge.
ââŚAt first, yeah.â
Anthony felt something in his chest tighten. âAt first?â
âI was curious,â she said. âShe talked about you like you were this⌠impossible person. I wanted to see for myself.â
âAnd?â he pressed.
âAnd I didnât expect to actually like you,â Shayla said, her voice softer now. âBut I did.â
Amber shook her head slightly, as if sheâd heard that line before.
Anthony paced again. âSo whatâthis all started as some kind of experiment?â
âNo,â Shayla said quickly. âIt stopped being that. It became real.â
Amber finally spoke, her voice cutting through. âDid it?â
âDonât,â Shayla snapped. âYou donât get to act like youâre innocent in this.â
âIâm not,â Amber said calmly. âBut at least Iâm not pretending.â
Anthony ran a hand through his hair, overwhelmed. âBoth of youâjust stop.â
Silence followed.
He took a deep breath. âShayla⌠are you still talking to Amber?â
A beat.
ââŚYes.â
That was it.
Something in Anthony finally settledânot in a good way, but in a clear one.
âNo more half-truths,â he said quietly. âNo more confusion.â
âAnthonyââ Shayla started.
âIâm not done,â he cut in. âWhatever this wasâbetween you two, between all of usâitâs not something I want to be in the middle of anymore.â
Amber watched him closely, her expression unreadable.
âYou were right about one thing,â Anthony said, turning to her. âThis marriage is broken.â
Her eyes flickeredâbut she stayed silent.
He looked back at the phone.
âAnd Shayla⌠whatever we had? I donât even know what was real anymore.â
âIt was real to me,â she said, almost pleading now.
âMaybe,â he replied. âBut it didnât start real. And I canât build something on that.â
Another silence.
Heavy. Final.
Anthony ended the call.
The room felt different nowâemptier, but clearer.
Amber spoke after a moment. âSo⌠what happens now?â
Anthony looked at herânot with anger this time, but with something closer to acceptance.
âWe stop lying,â he said. âTo each other. To ourselves.â
She nodded slowly.
âAnd the divorce?â she asked.
He exhaled.
âIt still happens,â he said. âBut not because of Shayla.â
Amber didnât argue.
For the first time, there was no fight left in either of them.
Just truth.
And the quiet understanding that some endings donât come from one mistakeâbut from everything that led up to it.