My ex-boyfriend came back to town, and my usually composed and proper husband started slipping up repeatedly. I accidentally found his journal: [What do I do? That jerk is back! Will they rekindle things? After all, he is the child's biological father!] [No, no! She's a responsible person! She wouldn't just abandon me!] [But they are the real family of three! Waaah, what do I do~ I'm going to lose my wife and kid~ I don't want to live~] I exploded: "You can say what you want, but don't call me a cheater!" My husband's eyes were red, enduring the humiliation. "You and I both have double eyelids. Only our son has single eyelids. It must be inherited from his real father!" I lost it. "I got a double eyelid lift! So what?! I'm coming clean! Is getting plastic surgery a crime?! Am I eating your food?!" "..." 1 My ex-boyfriend, Jake Zhao, was back in the States. The guy had vanished overseas for years and was now a huge success. A bunch of friends arranged a welcome-back party for him. I was on the invitation list. At first, I didn't want to go. My son's kindergarten was hosting a charity fair on Friday, and I was busy making him a display board. But my friend kept calling me. "Come on, come on! You've been cooped up with the kid for years. It's a chance to catch up with the crew!" I complained, "I'm genuinely swamped lately!" Trying to balance a career and family life means completely exhausting yourself. And that’s with my husband fully involved! Raising a child is no joke. My friend teased, "You aren't scared of reigniting the old flame, are you? Is that why you don't want to see Jake?" What kind of nonsense is that? That drama is ancient history. Since both my hands were occupied, my phone was on speaker. To stop them from saying anything else ridiculous, I gave in. "Fine, fine. See you tomorrow." I hung up and heard a sharp crack. I turned around to see my husband, Leo Chen, silently crushing a drinking glass. "?!" 2 "Are you okay?" I quickly went over to bandage him up. "Dude, how could you be so careless?" Leo's face was dark. It took him a moment to snap back. He ignored the cut on his hand and hugged me tightly. I asked suspiciously, "Are you... feeling down lately?" We’d been married for four years. Leo was always mature, generous, and emotionally stable. But recently, he'd been acting weird. Not long ago, a client signing a new contract happened to mention Jake's award-winning jewelry design overseas, and Leo immediately refused to renew the contract with them. One designer at our company was a massive Jake fan and constantly praised him. Leo found out and fired him. Keep in mind, the company spent a lot of money training that guy, and we hadn't even broken even on the investment! His secretary, Mary, told me all this. She even delicately hinted that Mr. Chen was moody and often snapped at them for no reason. "Ma'am, it's so normal for people to have emotional issues these days... The CEO has a lot on his plate, so he's bound to be, ahem, in a bad mood." She was basically telling me to take Leo to the hospital... I thought, Is this my stable, perfectly put-together CEO husband? He seems like a totally different person. I'm usually pretty clueless and insensitive. But trying to trace back, I found a pattern. His weird behavior started the day Jake announced he was returning! 3 I slowly turned around. Could it be that Leo was jealous of my ex? That was incredibly amusing. Once I finished the display board for our son, I stood up and stretched. Leo finished cleaning up and took our son to bathe. That's when my longtime best friend, Cheryl, called. "Jane, I hear you're going to Jake's welcome-back party tomorrow?" Are these people all psychic? The news travels fast! I said casually, "Yeah." Cheryl drew out the word. "Jake just won that international award, right? Why is he coming back? Be honest, is it for you?" I thought, What does this have to do with me? Yes, Jake and I were childhood sweethearts. We grew up together. We even had a huge, dramatic engagement. When I was six, my first wish was to marry him. But I got over him ages ago. Why hasn't anyone else? Could it be because our breakup was so messy? 4 Four years ago, I was Jake's fiancée. Our families were close friends going back to our grandparents' generation, making Jake and me the classic childhood sweethearts. The adults even joked about an arranged marriage when we were kids. As we grew up, we were the acknowledged golden couple. I often dreamed of being Jake's beautiful bride, spending a romantic life with him surrounded by our loving families. Nice thought, but the reality was... annoying. Jake was tender, thoughtful, and charming. Being his girlfriend was wonderful. But he was an artist—born romantic and naturally flighty. He liked me, but he also liked all beautiful people and things. Besides me, he had countless female friends, sisters, and admirers who flocked to him because of his talent, looks, and wealth. After we officially got engaged, he didn't change his ways. He went to bars to flirt, hit the ball court to chat up women, and showed zero remorse. Jake and I fought hundreds, maybe thousands of times over it. He always swore he was wrong, but his actions never changed. The last time, I found him passionately making out with a freshman he'd just met at a bar. His face was covered in her lipstick prints. In that moment, I didn't feel anger; I felt exhaustion. I was tired. I couldn't keep going. I was still young, with a long life and meaningful things ahead. I couldn't be stuck forever playing cat and mouse with Jake. "Let's call off the engagement and break up," I said calmly. Jake forcefully pushed the girl away and pleaded, "Honey, I was just drunk! Don't be mad!" I said clearly, "Stop explaining. I don't want to hear it. This is the first time I've asked for a breakup, and it will be the last. I keep my word, you know that." Jake was terrified. He refused to agree, frantically hugging me and begging. "Jane, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Please forgive me! We have twenty years of history!" No matter how I hit or yelled at him, he clung to me like a stray dog, promising to be faithful. But I couldn't believe him anymore. To make him give up, I married my current husband, Leo Chen, quickly. It took only two blind dates, and then we were married. At my wedding, Jake showed up drunk, cried dramatically, and caused such a scene it became the day's top trending topic. "Golden Couple's Final Split: Man Regrets Profusely, Humiliated Like a Stray." 5 Maybe it was too embarrassing, but Jake left the country soon after. I settled down with Leo, and we started our life together. The last four years have been happy and fulfilling. Soon after we married, I got pregnant. We had our precious son, Timmy, quickly becoming a family of three. Timmy was difficult when he was a baby. He cried all night, leaving me, my mother, and the nanny exhausted. Only Leo could soothe him to sleep. Every time I saw my tall, handsome husband lovingly holding the baby, softly singing broken lullabies, that massive contrast was incredibly sexy. I desperately wanted to jump him right there. Yes, our intimate life has been very harmonious. I love Leo's scent. He never wears cologne; he has a warm, clear, sun-like scent that makes me feel safe. I don't know if he truly loves me, since we met through an arranged blind date and our backgrounds were simply compatible. But I believe he likes me and is satisfied with me. Lately, I've been busy with Timmy's school project and my own work deadlines. We haven't had a proper, intimate moment in days. Decision made. After the welcome-back party tomorrow, Leo and I are having a candlelit dinner and a bath together. I’ll use his favorite "Blooming Cherry Blossom" scent.
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