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At our class reunion, my husband Levi, in order to help his pure love complete a Truth or Dare challenge, reduced the robot mother I had spent ten years meticulously creating to a pile of scrap metal.
By the time I arrived, he was still criticizing the robot mom for being too lifelike, claiming it had terrified his pure love.
Shaking with anger, I confronted Levi: "You knew how important this robot was to me. Why would you do such a thing?"
Levi replied with a dismissive look: "It's just a robot after all. If you could make the first one, surely you can make a second. What if Meadow, with her weak heart, had been scared to death?"
But what he didn't know was that the crucial components had been destroyed, making it impossible for me to create a second one.

Husband Destroys My Robot Mom for His First Love

Perhaps it was from being bundled up under the covers for too long, but my face was flushed bright red.


Asher thoughtfully brought over a glass of water, waiting for me to drink it before saying, "What's going on between you two isn't just because of Meadow, is it?"


Though he was asking me, I could tell from his tone that he was pretty certain.


I didn't plan on hiding anything from him, so I told him everything that had happened, down to the last detail.


Asher furrowed his brow, deep in thought for a long while. "You can't really judge anything based on just one bead from a bracelet."


I stared at the shallow water in my glass and spoke up. "That bracelet was designed by Levi's mentor for a design competition. There were only two made. One was bought by Meadow's husband at an auction."


"And the other," I closed my eyes, "Levi begged his mentor to let him buy it. He spent all his savings to get it for me."


Chapter 7