At first, she'd still bother to explain. "It's nothing like that. Mr. Gray just wants me to look presentable for client meetings."

"Charles, stop overthinking."

But the gifts kept coming, more and more, and eventually I stopped asking.

Sometimes, people are too afraid to get close to the truth.

And my cowardice was laid bare the moment the truth found me anyway.

"It's fine. Pack them however you want. You won't be held responsible."

I waved them off, went back to the bedroom, and finished packing my own things. Then I handed the movers Henry Gray's address.

"Next week, deliver all of that to this address. When you get there, call this number."

Elaine was staying at Henry's place. I knew because of a social media post with a location tag.

Thanks, boss, for giving me the time off.

The tag pointed to an upscale gated community—Henry's second home.

I'd been there once. That time, Elaine had gotten blackout drunk, and Henry had called me to come pick her up.

Elaine had posted quite a bit on social media after that. At some point, I'd muted her. Never saw another post.

The truth was, I had suspected something between Elaine and Henry.

But the baby she'd been carrying was mine. That, I never doubted.

Because I knew that if it had been Henry's, she would have kept it.

It was mine. That was why she got rid of it.

The moment that thought surfaced, I knew it was over between us.

After wrapping up the resignation paperwork at the office, I headed back to sign the last of it.

"Did you guys hear? Mr. Gray and his wife are getting a divorce..."

"Aren't they always threatening divorce? With all that money tying them together, it's not that easy. It's just talk."

"This time it's different. Apparently Mr. Gray is the one pushing for it."

"Wait, seriously? Because of Elaine?"

"Keep your voice down..."

I stood in the corner of the elevator, listening to the gossip swirl around me. My heart was strangely calm.

The moment I signed those divorce papers, I cut Elaine out of my life for good.

"Excuse me. Could you pass this document along to Elaine?"

Her coworker looked up in surprise. When she saw it was me, she gave an awkward nod.

I didn't think much of it. I turned and walked away.

What I didn't expect was to run into Elaine and Henry right there by the elevators.

The second Elaine spotted me, she let out a cold scoff. "Finally realized you were wrong?"