My husband came home and said, “I’m in love with another woman, but I still love you, so I’ll just live in both houses” — I thought he was joking until he began packing, so I taught him a lesson he never expected from me.

 

I wanted to believe him, so I didn’t ask you.”

 

“You entered my marriage without knocking.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“And I may never forgive that.”

 

“I understand.”

 

“But you did not sign my name.”

 

“No.”

 

The anger holding me upright finally broke.

 

I cried into both hands, and

Elena quietly placed a box of tissues beside me.

 

“I am sorry, Tessa,” she said.

 

“Not because he lied to me.

 

Because I helped him lie to you.”

 

I lowered my hands.

 

“Then help me make sure he never does this to anyone again.”

 

Graham’s assistant rushed in holding her phone.

 

“Someone just entered Elena’s house using a key,” she said.

 

“The doorbell camera sent an alert.”

 

Elena opened the live feed.

 

Callum appeared on-screen carrying a metal cash box from her study.