A Parting Regret

After I discovered Chelsea Stone’s infidelity, I ended the relationship without giving her a chance.

I packed my luggage bit by bit. She watched me, then suddenly said, “Jensen Scott, do you know what was the most boring thing about you?”

I paused and turned around.

She blew out a puff of smoke and smiled in a flirtatious way. “You were so boring. You did not even know how to sweet‑talk in bed. It was so uninteresting.”

I walked away with my things, and I held back my tears.

Three years later, I ran into her in the hospital corridor. She wore a white coat, and the medical record book in her hand almost slipped when I bumped into her.

Our eyes met. She looked me over, and her tone turned playful. “Oh, is this not my blockhead ex‑boyfriend?”

I smiled and did not reply.

As I left the hospital, she stepped in front of me and lowered her voice. “Three years have passed. Have you learned how to sweet‑talk in bed?”

I raised my hand and showed her my wife’s ultrasound report. “I have, but not to you.”

Chelsea Stone stared at the ultrasound report in my hand. Her smile slowly froze on her face.

“Are you married?” A look of disbelief flickered in her eyes.

“Yep.” I put the report away and kept a calm expression.

She moved her throat as if she wanted to speak. A male voice behind her interrupted her.

“Chelsea, Operating Room Three is ready. Hurry.”

The sickening smell of blood from three years earlier seemed to rise in my throat again.

Three years earlier, he was the man who had been lying naked next to Chelsea.

“Got it,” Chelsea replied in a calm voice, although her gaze stayed on me.

“Chelsea?” Adam followed her gaze and froze for a moment.

Chelsea looked at me one last time before she turned and walked toward the operating room.

As soon as she left, Adam began to examine me. He noticed the ultrasound report in my hand and gave a mocking smile. “It’s you, Jensen Scott. Your wife is pregnant? Congratulations. I wonder why you were the only one lining up in the corridor to fill out the paperwork. Where did your wife go after her medical examination? I still feel guilty about what happened back then. I was young, and Chelsea and I were fellow students under the same mentor. We worked late every night on our research projects, so it was hard not to develop feelings. That is all in the past now. Seeing that you settled down and started a family puts my mind at ease.”

A chill ran through me as I looked at his hypocritical face.

The day I broke up with Chelsea was our fourth anniversary. I had taken a day off in secret and bought her favorite handmade cake because I wanted to surprise her. However, I walked in on her infidelity the moment I opened the door.

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