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When Brent came to confess his feelings for me, I was already in love with Dashiell.

I remember thinking at the time that I was truly lucky to have found my soulmate.

I did many things for the first time for him - cooking, washing dishes, baking a cake, doing laundry...

I learned to do many things I had never done before, all for him.

I even went so far as to willingly take the blame for being infertile, happily handing over the inheritance from my parents to a stranger.

And yet, this is how that person repaid me - with nothing but pain.

I think back to college, when Brent found out I had a boyfriend.

What did he do? He competed against Dashiell, wanting to show me who was more impressive. He clearly won, but I still preferred Dashiell, giving Brent the cold shoulder. Before he left, Brent vowed that Dashiell better treat me well, or he'd come back and steal me away.

Who would have thought, as soon as I got divorced, he'd return.

My eyes grew even more moist.