His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 24
“Why?”
Vanessa set the cup back on the table. The ceramic made a soft clink against the wood.
“Because you’d just had a fight.”
“She knew you were in a bad mood, and she kept calling.”
“I thought she was just checking up on you again.”
Garrett looked at her.
“Kept calling?”
“She only called once.”
Vanessa’s face went white.
He turned the detailed bill toward her.
There was no string of repeated calls, no frantic tracking of his movements.
Only one call that had been answered.
Tears filled Vanessa’s eyes.
“Garrett, I didn’t know something had happened to her.”
“If I had known, I wouldn’t have hung up.”
“You didn’t know.”
He repeated her words.
After a moment, he let out a laugh, but his voice was ice.
“But you did know I was married.”
“You knew my wife was calling me.”
“And you knew that once you deleted the record, I wouldn’t call her back.”
Vanessa’s tears fell.
“What about you?”
“You didn’t realize she’d had a miscarriage for three months. Is that my fault, too?”
His body went rigid. Her words struck the place that hurt the most.
He couldn’t argue.
Vanessa had done something wrong.
But he was Laura’s husband.
He was the one who had mistaken Laura’s disappointment for maturity, who had taken her silence for peace.
It wasn’t until she moved out of their home that he finally admitted their marriage had been in trouble all along.
He stood up.
“I don’t have the right to say you ruined my marriage.”
“I ruined it myself.”
Vanessa stared at him blankly.
He picked up his phone.
“But from today on, we’re done.”