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\u201cCeleste, I\u2019m buying Ivy\u2019s v-card for a million. She\u2019s my childhood sweetheart and she\u2019s dying! I have to help her!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I tried to stop him, but Tristan shut me down hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIvy\u2019s always been proud. Cash would hurt her ego.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you stop being dramatic? She has cancer, and this is LIFE OR DEATH.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGod, why are you so petty, so heartless!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t argue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I just smiled and nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sure, babe-you can fuck her raw anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What Tristan didn\u2019t know?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m an infectious disease doctor, and I\u2019d already seen Ivy\u2019s labs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t have cancer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had late-stage HIV.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Congrats, hubby! Your $1M V-card came with free HIV.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tristan rolled in past midnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He casually pulled off his shirt, exposing scratches all over his back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I froze, standing there in silence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He spoke first. \u201cIvy\u2019s a virgin. Of course she got a little rough. It\u2019s normal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My nails dug into my palms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I cracked. \u201cDid you at least use protection?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He shook his head, calm as hell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cShe took the pill. Stop worrying about shit that doesn\u2019t concern you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was when my last thread of hope snapped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Right then, his phone rang.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ivy Sinclair. Crying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTristan, I\u2019m bleeding so much. I\u2019m scared\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He panicked instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t worry, I\u2019m coming right now. Ten minutes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even though I was dying inside, I tried to stop him and tell him the truth about Ivy\u2019s condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He shoved my hand off, annoyed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI already told you this was just to help her. If she and I were actually a thing, why would I tell you at first?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He shot me a cold look, threw on his clothes, headed for the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before leaving, he tossed back one last line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWash my clothes and boxers. There\u2019s blood on them. They\u2019ll stain.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The door slammed shut.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After he left, I stared at our wedding photo on the wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All these years, I built his empire with him from nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From that shoebox apartment to this luxury penthouse downtown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every struggle. Every sacrifice. I remembered it all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tristan used to be a decent husband.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When his startup finally made money, first thing he did was throw me a wedding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even got me a custom ring-small diamond with a crack in it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I loved it anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And this same man-the \u201cgood husband\u201d everyone praised-just did the most disgusting thing imaginable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Without protection, infection rate after high-risk exposure is nearly 100%.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was furious. But I couldn\u2019t just let him die.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He still had seventy-two hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If he took PEP now, he could still block the infection.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was just about to call and warn him\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Ivy\u2019s new post popped up on my feed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThought married men usually hold back? Someone clearly\u2026 went all out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Photo showed her neck covered in bite marks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was complaining. But really? She was bragging.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then I saw it, the ring on her finger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Same style as mine. Same design.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Except hers had a bigger diamond, flawless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hands shook as I checked the serial number inside my ring and called the jeweler.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The rep was polite.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, Mr. Blackwell did order a ring from us. But the first batch had defects, so we remade it. Ms. Sinclair, is there something wrong with yours?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I forced myself to stay calm. \u201cNo. It\u2019s fine. Thanks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
So this ring-my wedding ring-was made for Ivy from the start.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I just got the reject defective leftover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I felt like someone was choking me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Couldn\u2019t breathe. Couldn\u2019t think.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as everything went numb, Tristan suddenly called.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Panic in his voice. \u201cBabe, Ivy\u2019s got all these red spots. And her lymph nodes are swollen. What does that mean?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou\u2019re a doctor-does she need to get tested?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knew exactly what it meant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After getting infected, she hadn\u2019t taken meds to control the viral load at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Based on his description, this wasn\u2019t just late-stage HIV.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She probably had syphilis too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the other end, Tristan kept pushing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBabe, say something. What do I do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I bit down hard and answered calmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably just complications. She\u2019ll be fine in a few days.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I hung up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Outside, the night was thick and dark.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I put on gloves, carefully gathered all of Tristan\u2019s clothes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then walked to the balcony and burned every single piece.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knew he was already infected. Just a matter of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Living under the same roof as him, one wrong move and I\u2019d be next.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To avoid tipping him off, all I could do was keep my distance now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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