“That’s all?”Doug looked at me, dumbfounded, and I replied coolly, “You never changed your phone password.”His jaw dropped, and as if coming to his senses, he spat, “You went through my phone? Snooping around in someone else’s phone without permission—that’s the real inconsiderate thing, isn’t it?”He lunged at me, indignant, but I stayed nonchalant. The guilty always try to shift the blame onto someone else. Even a prosecutor acts like the criminals she’s prosecuted once you see them defend themselves. Entertaining a surprisingly philosophical thought, I asked casually, “Oh, so you’d rather I just tell you that Douglas Bacon came to the hotel to sleep with me, we had our fun, and now he’s in the shower?”Doug clamped his mouth shut. I folded my arms and watched him. His face contorted in frustration before he finally sighed in resignation.“…We’re engaged.”“When?”“In about two months… I met her parents at that city hall party and we talked things over.”I realized then why he’d deftly avoided mentioning the party.“How long have you been seeing her?”“…About six months.”“Hah!”A rough sound escaped me. I swept my hair back irritably. In my head I quickly tallied how many times we’d hooked up over those six months. Including today, at least ten times. Anger was rising.“You’ve been seeing someone else all this time and said nothing? Then you shouldn’t have slept with me.”If he’d apologized here, I might have let it slide. If he’d said this was the last time, or that he planned to break it off and confess afterwards.But Doug said something completely absurd.“What does it matter? She’s her, and you’re you.”“…What?”I thought I must have misheard him. When I repeated it, he said casually, “I like sleeping with you. Don’t worry—after we get married, we can keep doing this. I’ll come up with excuses on weekends…”I cut him off. My voice trembled slightly.“So, you’re going to marry her in front of everyone, then sleep with me behind her back? Lie to your wife?”“What’s wrong with that? I told you—you’re the best. You need someone to fuck anyway. It works out for both of us, right? Nothing’s different from before. We’ll keep meeting up now and then to have fun. Besides, you know I can’t do it with a woman. I barely managed with you by thinking of you the whole time to get hard and get it in.”Even hearing that didn’t make me happy. What the ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ hell was he babbling about? Did he think I’d be moved by his words?As he prattled on, Doug stepped toward me to wrap his arms around me. Part of the towel around his waist was jutting out stiffly. I stood my ground until he got close, and when his flushed face leaned toward me, I drove my knee mercilessly into his groin.“…Guh.”He couldn’t scream—just let out a strangled groan before collapsing to the floor, clutching himself. I looked down at him, grinding my teeth.“You’re a bastard.”Left writhing and sobbing, he held his crotch while I snatched up my shirt. Just as I was about to leave, he yelled in a cracked voice from behind me,“Damn…! You’ve been rolling around with someone else too!”“Shut up, you fucking asshole!”I slammed the door as I shouted, “That was after we broke up! While I was with you, I was faithful to you!”With a bang, I shut it hard. The noise drew the curious heads of guests in the adjoining rooms. I hurriedly put on my shirt and left.My ass hurt, and I felt awful, so I took a taxi home. When I arrived, something had been delivered—a packet of accident claim documents.“…Fuck.”I skimmed the numbers and let out a tight gasp.The insurance limit wasn’t enough.Fuck, damn, this sucks!I scrubbed the bathroom tiles like a madwoman, cursing. Everything was infuriating. To cover the shortfall, I’d have to go to the bank first thing Monday morning and look into a loan.I still hadn’t paid off my student loans.“Ah!”My hand slipped and I sprained my wrist. Luckily, the injury wasn’t serious, but the pain flared hotly.“…Haah.”I leaned against the wall and exhaled a weary sigh. The world fell silent the moment I stopped moving. For a while, I stared into space. Despite being so furious, the only thing on my mind now was how and where I could get a loan—and that was only hours after unleashing that rage on Doug.How could I feel nothing now? Even if all the romance ended years ago, all that remained was the uneasy shame of having cheated.If something like this had happened while we were together, would I have acted differently?The question answered itself. Of course, I’d have acted exactly the same. My feelings would’ve been no different.That’s why we broke up. Because that was all the feeling there ever was.That the only thing I feel for him now is this shallow anger proves I never loved that bastard passionately.What would I be like now if I had truly loved him?I’d have lost my mind, like he did.I closed my eyes and covered my face with both hands.How lucky I am. That my heart races fiercely for me alone.Wolves mate for life, they say.I once read a story about a wolf whose mate was taken by humans. He wandered the forest searching until he was caught in a trap. The humans tried to tame him, but he refused to lose his pride. He simply stared at the wild land where he was born until he died. And the she-wolf he longed for had passed beyond the wilderness before him.But I am human, and I know nothing of such sacred devotion.“Excuse me.”A bank officer named Robin, light and cheerful as her name, politely declined my request in a tinkling voice. I smiled back and shook hands.“I understand. Thank you.”“Have a nice day, Chrissy Jin.”She dropped my hand and turned away. I kept smiling until I stepped out of the bank.

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