Chapter 69. Flashback

Kai's workplace.

Anna walked the final stretch to the company gates, her heart steady and fingers curled loosely around her phone. She checked the screen of her phone. It was 12:59 PM, she was right on time to meet Kai during his break.

Without hesitation, she pushed through the front doors, greeted the receptionist with a nod, and made her way to the cafeteria like she had done a handful of times back when she used to visit Kai.

It was quieter than she remembered, less chatter, softer clinks of cutlery. She took a seat near the back, her eyes scanning casually over the room. A minute passed and it clicked 1pm. She looked up and watched Kai as he walked in.

Kai entered with a group of coworkers, laughing at something one of them said. His hand was resting on the back of the woman beside him; his wife. The same one he'd chosen after lying and cheating and making Anna feel like she was never enough.

They took a table near the window. She watched