Chapter 1
My Husband Slapped Me After I Threw Wine in His Secretary’s Face—But He Had No Idea Why I Did It
My husband slapped me in front of nearly a hundred people at his company Christmas party after I threw a glass of red wine in his secretary’s face.
The ballroom went completely silent.
“Are you insane?” Michael shouted.
My cheek burned, but I barely felt it.
His secretary, Lauren, stood beside him with wine dripping down her white dress.
She looked shocked.
But I had seen the smile on her face five seconds earlier.
“Tell him,” I said.
Lauren blinked innocently.
“Tell him what?”
Michael grabbed my arm.
“You embarrass me at my own company event and now you’re accusing her?”
I pulled away.
“Ask her what she said to me in the restroom.”
Lauren immediately shook her head.
“I didn’t say anything.”
I laughed.
Of course she would deny it.
Ten minutes earlier, I had gone into the ladies’ room and found Lauren standing in front of the mirror.
She looked at me through the reflection and smiled.
“You really have no idea, do you?”
I asked what she meant.
She leaned closer.
“Michael said he’s only waiting until after the holidays.”
My stomach dropped.
“Waiting for what?”
Lauren slowly touched the diamond necklace around her neck.
“For the right time to tell you he’s leaving.”
That necklace was identical to the one Michael had told me he bought for his mother.
I confronted him the second we returned to the ballroom.
He denied everything.
Then Lauren whispered, “Some wives just don’t know when they’ve already lost.”
That was when I threw the wine.
Now Michael stood in front of me, furious.
“You owe her an apology.”
I looked at him.
“Did you buy her that necklace?”
He froze.
Lauren touched it instinctively.
Michael opened his mouth, but before he could answer, the company’s CFO walked toward us holding a folder.
“Michael,” he said quietly, “we need to talk.”
My husband’s face changed.
The CFO looked at me, then at Lauren.
“We just found out who paid for that necklace.”
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Michael went pale.
Then the CFO opened the folder and said, “It came from the company account—and that’s not the only payment we found.”
