Chapter 117

• Haven’s life had taken an unforeseen turn. After his spouse, Alexis, left him for Matthew, he found comfort in working long hours at the development location. Physical labour kept his mind involved, but the passionate scars waited. The severity, the betrayal, it all clung to him like a moment's skin. However, as the months dragged on, something bizarre started to move within the air. His success, a startling advancement to his promotion, made swells, and those swells carried his name back into Alexis’s circle. It began with an inconspicuous change in Alexis’s behavior. She started specifying Haven in random conversations with their mutual friends.
• “Did you hear that Haven got a huge contract deal? I continuously knew he’d arrive on his feet,” Alexis commented one day over brunch with friends. Her voice was casual, but there was a glimmer in her eyes, one that hadn’t been there in a long time.
• Matthew took note of it as well, and it chewed at him. To begin with, it appeared harmless, just sitting still in conversation, about an ex. Everybody does it, right?