Alicia's POV
I couldn’t breathe through the rage anymore. My hands shook as I stood in the middle of our living room, glaring at Gerald like he was a stranger wearing my husband’s face. “How long did you think you could keep lying to me, Gerald? You’re never here! You come home smelling like another woman’s perfume and expect me to just smile and play the perfect wife?”
Gerald’s jaw tightened, his broad shoulders tense under the dress shirt he still hadn’t changed out of. “Alicia, for f**k’s sake, there is no other woman. I’ve been killing myself setting up the new company. Meetings until midnight, investors, permits—you know this. I’m doing it for us.”
“Bullshit!” The word tore out of me, painfully expressing all the emotions I'd been trying to surpress. Tears burned my eyes but I refu
