Anita.
I hadn’t even gone after her yet, and here she was, marching in first.
The moment I accepted, she started spamming.
[Just so you know, Deke and I are already legally married.]
[If you stay with him, you’re destroying our marriage. That’s illegal.]
The actual boyfriend–stealer acting like I was the problem.
I kept it casual.
Oh? Is that so?]
[Deke just asked me to marry him. Is he trying to commit fraud?]
Maybe I should call the cops.]
She snapped back instantly.
o visit your mom!”
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[Zoey, you’re the one interfering! And now you’re blaming my husband?]
[Stay away from him. Don’t see him again!]
Unreal. I had never interfered in anyone’s relationship.
Deke was the one who went crawling back to her–how was that my problem?
And now she had the audacity to call me the other woman?
I stayed calm.
[Didn’t you see? I already made him pack up and leave.]
[If you want him, take him. I couldn’t care less.]
The story I fed Deke to get him out was total nonsense.
Now that he was gone, it felt like peeling off a stubborn leech–relief didn’t even cover it.
Deke still hadn’t realized I’d already dumped him.
Meanwhile, he was probably running to Anita, scrambling to get her on board with his act.
But would she really play along?
Her next message came fast.
[I’m quitting my job and coming back in a few days. I won’t let you off!]
Ah. So Deke had already confessed something.
The real question–had he told her everything?
If cracks were forming between them, that just made my job easier.
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