[doraias_kazuyo]_ore_no_tsuma_wa_joushi_no_ie_d... (2024)

I looked at my phone again. The wallpaper was a photo of us from our honeymoon—two people who seemed like strangers now. I began to walk, but not toward my home. I told myself I was just taking the long way. I told myself I was just clearing my head.

As the train pulled into my station, the doors slid open with a hiss. I stepped onto the deserted platform, the cold air biting through my suit jacket. My house was only a ten-minute walk away, but I found myself standing still, staring at the map of the neighborhood. [Doraias_Kazuyo]_Ore_no_Tsuma_wa_Joushi_no_Ie_d...

But as I reached the gates of the complex and looked up at the glowing windows of the penthouse, I knew the truth. Some secrets aren't meant to be uncovered, yet here I was, standing in the dark, waiting for a light to go out that would change my life forever. I looked at my phone again

"I’m staying late at the office again," she had told me this morning, her eyes avoiding mine as she adjusted her blouse. "The Manager needs the quarterly reports finished by tomorrow. Don't wait up." I told myself I was just taking the long way