Noah’s tone became warmer. “Did you buy this for me?”

Before Gwynn could answer, he said, “There’s no need to knit things on your own. It’s a lot easier to buy what you need.”

Her face was pale when she sat up and took the ball of yarn from him. Then, she ran her fingers over its smooth, soft surface longingly.

She hesitated for a while before she spoke. “I bought it for Lorian!”

Noah’s face immediately froze.

He composed himself and forced a smile on his face. “Sounds about right! After all, you’ve only ever done things for him!”

He just couldn’t wrap his head around her.

He said coldly, “I’m going to hop in the shower.”

…

Noah couldn’t get any warmth or sense of belonging from his wife, and he certainly wasn’t going to deprive himself of sex. So, he hooked up with Gianna.

Their secret affair was still going strong after three months. At first, he let her do most of the work. As time went by, however, he also started getting into it. There was even once when they went o