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On the drive back from our trip, I was using my bestie Riley’s phone to transfer some photos. 

That’s when I noticed-her phone had auto-connected to my husband Cade’s hotspot. 

Whatever, probably nothing. 

The door opened. Cade came back from the gas station with drinks. 

Two cups-one iced, one hot. 

Riley grabbed the hot one straight out of his hand and immediately started complaining. 

“Seriously? It’s like 90 degrees out and you only get your wife the iced one? Trying to give me heatstroke or something?” 

They were always like this-constantly going at each other. 

But what Cade said next made my brain go blank. 

“Oh come on, quit whining! You’re on your period anyway!” 

Riley reached up from the back seat and smacked him on the head. 

“Stop yelling to me, you ass!” 

Watching them shove each other out of the car, chasing around like they were about to throw down- 

That’s when it hit me: 

My husband of THREE years and my best friend of EIGHTEEN years were together… 

I sat there watching the clock tick. 

Five minutes and forty-seven seconds later, they came back. 

Riley threw her arms around me. 

“Your husband’s fucking insane.” 

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“Literally forced me to admit I shouldn’t have cursed at him, locked me in the gas station bathroom and wouldn’t let me out till I apologized!” 

“Can you believe this guy?” 

Normally I would’ve laughed and told Cade to leave her alone. 

But this time all I could smell was that woody cologne on her shirt. 

The same one I gave him for his birthday. 

I felt sick. Pushed her off. 

“We should go,” I said quietly. “Or we won’t get home till dark.” 

I didn’t say anything else. Not yet. 

My head was spinning the whole drive. 

The cold from the cup was seeping into my hand, into my chest. 

Soon as we got in, Riley kicked off her heels and slipped on the sandals Cade kept up front. 

She always got carsick in the back. Said it made her nauseous, gave her headaches. 

So over time, the passenger seat just became hers. 

And because she always wore heels, Cade started keeping a pair of sandals there for her. 

Purple ones. With that Stellalou character she’s obsessed with. 

I remember one time Cade’s sister saw those sandals and made this comment after she found out they were Riley’s. 

“I’ve known my brother his whole life. He’s never been that thoughtful. Just saying.” 

And what did I do back then? 

I actually thought it was because of me that Cade was being so nice to her. 

Now looking back at all these little things, I feel like throwing up all over again. 

I glanced up front. 

Riley had her arm resting on the center console. 

Their skin kept brushing. 

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Neither of them moved away. 

They didn’t even look at each other. 

Riley connected to the Bluetooth and started playing music. 

Some viral love song everyone’s been posting. 

Volume cranked up. She pretended she was holding a mic and started belting it. 

Cade runs a band, so his car’s usually filled with instrumental stuff, jazz, whatever. 

But somewhere along the way that changed. 

Not just the music-other stuff too. Stuff for Riley. 

The sandals. Her favorite drinks in the glovebox. 

When her voice started cracking from singing, 

Cade reached into the compartment without looking and handed her a water bottle. 

Riley raised an eyebrow. 

“What, you think I sound bad? Trying to shut me up?” 

“Just drink it.” 

“You don’t get it. This song’s viral right now. Good thing Maya asked ME to run your band’s socials-you’d have like zero followers without me.” 

Cade frown: “I need to hear the GPS. Can you just-” 

Riley leaned forward. Her lips were basically touching his cheek. 

“Oh so I’m supposed to stop just ’cause you said so? Well now I’m definitely not stopping.” 

She kept singing, half-whispering the lyrics right at him. 

The words were suggestive as hell. 

Honestly she can’t even sing that well. 

But it made Cade grip the wheel tighter. And ears turned red. 

He shot her this look-I couldn’t read it-and pushed her shoulder back. 

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“Sit down. You’re gonna get us in an accident.” 

“Don’t snap at me! Now tell me-do I sound good or not?” 

The car went quiet except for the music. 

Then in this tiny gap between verses, 

I heard him. 

“Yeah.” 

That’s when I remembered-Riley literally said I was the one who pushed them together. 

My face went hot. I pressed my hand hard against my stomach. 

By the time we hit the next toll plaza, Cade noticed. 

“You okay? You don’t look good.” 

I didn’t answer. He raised his voice a little. 

“Maya? What’s wrong?” 

I looked up at him, kind of dazed. 

My eyes were burning. 

Riley reached back and smacked his shoulder. 

“Hands off my girl. Keep your man hands to yourself.” 

She’d said stuff like that a million times. 

Always joked she was jealous, fighting Cade for my attention. 

Only now I got it. 

The person she was really jealous of… 

Was my husband. 

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