It was an accident.
At least, that’s what I keep telling myself.
His phone lit up while he was asleep next to me.
I didn’t mean to look.
But I did.
And I wish I hadn’t.
One message.
Just one.
That’s all it took.
“I miss you already.”
My heart dropped.
I stared at the screen, hoping it wasn’t real.
Hoping there was another explanation.
There wasn’t.
I opened the chat.
And everything changed.
Weeks of messages.
Plans.
Secrets.
A life I knew nothing about.
I looked at him sleeping peacefully.
And realized something terrifying.
I didn’t know this man at all.