The Price of Letting Go
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Nathan Cole had been overseas on business for two weeks.
The night he came back, he kept me in bed until well past midnight.
Afterward, I could barely lift an arm. It took a while before I noticed the empty box on the nightstand. The last one.
I reached for my phone to order more condoms. I always bought them. Nathan never bothered with it.
This time, just as I was about to pay, he took the phone out of my hand.
“Don't order them yet.”
I paused.
He offered no explanation. Leaning back against the headboard, he opened my shipping information, deleted the default address, and typed in one I didn't recognize. Right in front of me.
I stared at the screen for a few seconds.
“Where's that?”
“Ethan Mercer's place.”
He said it casually, as though there were nothing strange about it.
For a moment, I couldn't make sense of what he meant.
“Why would I have them sent there?”
He looked down at me and smiled.
“Claire Bennett, how long have you been with me?”
My fingers curled slightly against the sheet.
“Four years.”
“That long, huh?” He gave another little laugh, as if he'd just realized how long he'd been using something.
“Then it's about time you had someone new.”
The night he came back, he kept me in bed until well past midnight.
Afterward, I could barely lift an arm. It took a while before I noticed the empty box on the nightstand. The last one.
I reached for my phone to order more condoms. I always bought them. Nathan never bothered with it.
This time, just as I was about to pay, he took the phone out of my hand.
“Don't order them yet.”
I paused.
He offered no explanation. Leaning back against the headboard, he opened my shipping information, deleted the default address, and typed in one I didn't recognize. Right in front of me.
I stared at the screen for a few seconds.
“Where's that?”
“Ethan Mercer's place.”
He said it casually, as though there were nothing strange about it.
For a moment, I couldn't make sense of what he meant.
“Why would I have them sent there?”
He looked down at me and smiled.
“Claire Bennett, how long have you been with me?”
My fingers curled slightly against the sheet.
“Four years.”
“That long, huh?” He gave another little laugh, as if he'd just realized how long he'd been using something.
“Then it's about time you had someone new.”













































