15/06/2026
The End👇
He not only hid his fertility issues from me for eleven years after we got married, but his mother also made it seem like our childlessness was my fault. On top of that, he had an affair with his boss. He gave her what she wanted and hid it from me.
Now, he was standing before me, telling me that the guilt of sleeping with his boss was what made him stop touching me.
And now that I was pregnant by a stranger who wanted nothing to do with me, he wanted me back. He wanted us to raise the child as his own.
He was begging.
"You have to go," I said, wiping away the tears that thrëatened to make me look weak in front of him.
He asked me to think about it and eventually left.
The moment he was gone, I broke down. The tears flowed freely as I held my stomach. I was confused and hürt, and I found it difficult to forgive him.
I lost my appetite that night and eventually fell asleep.
The next morning, I resumed work, and life continued.
For days, which turned into weeks my new boss was always flïrting around me, trying to get me in the mood again even when he became bossy.
I tried to avoid him but it was difficult and awkward especially given the fact that I see him everyday. He gave me instructions at work and never missed an opportunity to add, "Remember what I said. If you still want me to pleasure you like I did that day, my office is readily available."
I had never met a man so shameless. Angër surged through me. Such shāmeless man can never be the father to my child. I will never let him anywhere close to my child.
I slammed my hand on the table, pulled off my name tag, and dropped it in front of him. "I quit."
"What?" He frowned.
"If you think I'm working in this company just to be your toy, keep dreaming."
"You're making a mistake!" He said behind me.
I stormed out and never looked back.
He denied the pregnancy, yet he wanted another moment with me. If I stayed, something else might happen, and I didn't want that anymore.
As I returned to my apartment, I remembered the countless flowers, the countless letters, the missed calls, the visits and repeated please from my husband who never missed a chance to say "I am sorry."
It was a difficult decision, but I chose to visit my husband two days after I quit my job. I wanted to know if he was truly repentant.
That evening, I returned to the house and found empty bottles of alcøhol scattered across the floor. He was lying in the middle of them, completely drùnk and påssed out.
Tears gathered in my eyes. Pity tugged at my heart as I gently tried to wake him.
He groaned and slowly opened his eyes, still dazed. When he finally became fully aware of who was standing before him, his mouth fell open in disbelief.
Before I knew it, he wrapped me in a tight embrace and cried on my shoulder. I swallowed hard and closed my eyes.
"I'm sorry," he sobbed. "Thank you for coming back."
I smiled faintly. "It's all in the past now."
I placed a hand on my stomach. "We will give this child a good life. If she grows up and wants siblings, we can adopt. I'm not leaving you anymore."
His eyes filled with tears again. He promised that he would never hürt me again. I chëated, yes. I slept with a stranger, and I'm not proud of it, even if it happened while I was drunk and emotionally brøken.
But perhaps this was the wake-up call both of us needed to realize how much we truly cared about each other.
Life didn't end because of his lies. We moved forward. We healed. And we grew stronger.
Even after I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, no one ever discovered the truth. No one found out that I had slept with a stranger.
That's what marriage means to us: For better, for worse.
But if there's one lesson I learned from everything that happened, it is this: Never lie to your partner. Never keep dëstructive sëcrets from the person you claim to love.
Any sëcret that can dëstroy a relationship should be revealed before it grows into something bigger.
Not everyone can forgive a bëtrayal like the one my husband committed.
But for the sake of love, peace, and the future we wanted to build together, I chose forgiveness.
And as I watched him playing with our daughter everyday, I realized that he had spent everyday proving he has changed.
I was happy I gave my daughter a man to call her father.
Though the trust was not very much strong like before, I believed that one can repent completely of his sins and my husband wasn't an exception.
Thank you for reading.