MELISSA'S POV

My fingers moved slowly as I scrolled through my blocked contacts, the names passing by one after the other until I finally stopped when I saw his. Eric Kings. I stared at it for a brief moment, my thumb hovering over the screen as if it suddenly weighed a ton. I didn’t give myself too much time to think about it. Thinking too much would only make me chicken out. With a single tap, I unblocked his number.

The moment I did, my heart didn’t race or skip like some guilty wife caught doing something wrong. Instead, I felt calm. Almost cold. I leaned back in my chair...