My Boyfriend of 9 Years Said He’d Put a Ring on My Finger When I Acted like Wife Material – I Didn’t Argue, but the Next Morning, He Stared and Murmured, ‘You… You Can’t Do This to Me!’

I left it facedown.

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By the time we landed in Vegas, Simon had stopped texting. That scared me more than the messages.

And what if he doesn’t understand anything?

We dropped our bags at the hotel and went down to the bar. I was still in the dress. At this point, why not?

He studied me over his glass. “Are you really ready to do this?”

“That’s not an answer.”

“I know.”

“You still love him.”

“Ask me again in an hour,” I finally said.

I knew that voice before I turned around. Simon looked wrecked: wrinkled shirt, messy hair, no jacket. He wasn’t looking at me. He was staring at the man beside me.

“Simon, wait!”

His fist was already moving.

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The punch sent my companion crashing into the bar.