He insisted it proved she’d already replaced him with her career; she insisted he’d stopped believing in her long before. The engagement cratered in a single night of shouted accusations and tear-slick ultimatums.
Lucas packed a suitcase at 2 a.m. and slammed the door so hard a framed print fell off the wall. In the weeks that followed, the apartment echoed with the absence of his keyboard clacking and espresso-grinder whirring.