Chapter 103. Ignoring Her

“Sorry, he’s in surgery,” Emily sighed as she sat down beside her. Pandora hummed as a reply and felt Emily take her hand. “Are you okay?” she asked and Pandora nodded immediately.

“Yeah, I know he works hard and…” she sighed, trailing off.

She worked long hours, too. Derrik, at first, complained she worked too hard. Until now she never saw it from his point of view. Right then, she felt that she may have played a bigger part in his cheating on her than she had ever accepted.

“Can you walk with me back to my car?” she asked and Emily smiled sadly.

By ten o’clock at night, Benjamin was still not home. She left his cake and gifts on the table and headed to bed.

“I am so sorry, love,” she heard Benjamin whisper as the bed dipped.

As soon as she knew he was settled, she opened her eyes and looked at the clock. It was almost one in the morning, so he was at work on his day off, his birthday, for over sixteen hours. She closed her eyes, biting her lip.<