Chapter 32: It’s too late for a change of heart.

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Translator: Soafp

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[Maya PoV]

It was the matter of our wedding anniversary that hurt Kazunari deeply, and it made me make a decision.

I decided to break up with Naoki and return to my everyday life with Kazunari. What had I been thinking until now?

Naoki never loved me, but he was the man I loved the most. Kazunari loved me more than anyone else, and I wanted to respond to his love.

Even though I loved Naoki, I couldn’t envision a happy future with him. He was the type of man who wouldn’t feed a fish once he caught it. That’s why, when I found out about Naoki’s infidelity, I decided to look for someone with whom I could envision a happy future. I sought the simple happiness I found with Kazunari.

But the actions I actually took…

Ashamed and regretful of myself, I sent Naoki a message.

[Let’s end this.]

Naoki, somewhat flustered, tried to persuade me. But in my now clear mind, I could see there was no love in his words. He didn’t want to let go of a convenient woman who would do whatever he wanted just because he whispered “I love you.”

[Can we talk it over?]

Naoki replied as if trying to buy time, and I agreed. But since our first breakup, I had never gone to Naoki’s place. We always met at hotels, likely because his place still had traces of other women.

And meeting at a hotel, it always ended in the same way. Even when meeting to break up, it ended with us in a hotel room. I hated myself for letting that happen. The best resistance I could muster was insisting on using protection.

I couldn’t let Kazunari touch me with a body tainted by Naoki. So, ever since our anniversary, I had been avoiding intimacy with Kazunari.

It’s alright. Kazunari hasn’t noticed yet. I’ll change my heart, end things with Naoki, and never give Kazunari a reason to doubt me again. As long as I love only Kazunari from now on, I can keep my affair with Naoki a secret.

Such a foolish confidence.

The cruel irony was that the only one who didn’t realize I was already cornered was myself.

Even though, in our third conversation, I managed to refuse Naoki’s advances, it was already too late.

Who would have thought that while discussing our breakup, someone would take a photo of us entering a hotel?

I was meeting Naoki to finally focus on Kazunari and love him only, but now I had an incriminating photo as proof of my affair.

“No, it’s not what it looks like! It’s a misunderstanding!”

That was all I could say.

It really was a misunderstanding.

So, the fact that my period hadn’t come and that the pregnancy test I took in fear came back positive…