π It started with a window… and ended with a secret we still keep. I had just moved into our quiet neighborhood in Ohio, USA — where people mow their lawns on Sundays and smile at each other from across the street. Everything looked “perfect”… until one night I caught my husband staring through our bedroom window, fixated. “What are you watching?” I whispered. He jumped. “Nothing… just checking the blinds.” But curiosity killed me faster than guilt. I pulled the curtain slightly… and there she was — our new neighbor, in her early 30s, brown curls, gym shorts… and no bra. I should’ve been angry. But instead, something inside me switched on. That night, instead of fighting… we ended up in bed, hotter than we’d been in months. My mind kept going back to her. And the next day? I saw her smiling at me from across the lawn — like she knew. ⸻ π The Night That Changed Everything Two weeks later, she knocked. “Your husband left his package in front of our door,” she smirked. “But I ...
Sumaya sat on the couch, her daughter Ritu’s head resting gently in her lap. The soft hum of the TV filled the room, but Sumaya barely paid attention to it. She focused on Ritu, who had been under the weather all evening. “Poor thing,” Sumaya murmured, stroking her daughter’s hair.
Ritu’s breathing had slowed into the deep, even rhythm of sleep, and her body completely relaxed. Sumaya’s eyes drifted to the coffee table where Ritu’s phone lay face up. She hesitated, but curiosity tugged at her. Just a glance, she thought. I’ll make sure there’s nothing urgent.
She reached for the phone, careful not to disturb Ritu. The screen lit up as she unlocked it. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the notification at the top of the screen.
Ivan: Can’t stop thinking about last night.
Sumaya’s breath hitched. Ivan. She knew him. He was Ritu’s boyfriend, who greeted her with a shy smile and polite conversation. But the words on the screen were anything but shy. She tapped the message thread. Her stomach twisted in
As she scrolled through the conversation, Sumaya's eyes widened in shock. The messages were flirtatious, intimate, and unmistakably romantic. But what caught her off guard was the realization that Ivan's words weren't just directed at Ritu - they were also about her.
Sumaya's mind reeled as she tried to process what she was reading. Ivan's messages spoke of a connection that went beyond a typical boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. He wrote about the way Sumaya made him feel, the way she smiled, and the way her eyes sparkled.
A shiver ran down Sumaya's spine as she felt a mix of emotions: shock, guilt, and a hint of curiosity. She couldn't believe what she was reading. Ivan, Ritu's boyfriend, had feelings for her?
Sumaya's eyes darted to Ritu, who was still fast asleep in her lap. She felt a pang of guilt for invading her daughter's privacy, but she couldn't help herself. She needed to know more.
With trembling fingers, Sumaya continued to scroll through the conversation, her heart racing with every new revelation. What had started as a harmless glance at her daughter's phone had turned into a discovery that would change everything.a mix of guilt and something else she couldn’t quite name.
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