Wedding Night, Husband's Affair

Synopsis

"You look ridiculous," Jeremy's voice cut through the evening air like a blade. His eyes swept over my bright yellow dress with the kind of disgust usually reserved for something rotting. "Absolutely ridiculous. Do you want everyone at Sarah's wedding to think I'm dating some attention-seeking—" "Some what?" The words escaped before I could stop them. For five years, I'd learned to swallow his criticisms whole, to apologize before he even finished his sentences. But tonight, something felt different. The yellow fabric seemed to pulse with its own life against my skin, a reminder of who I used to be before I learned to dress in beiges and grays. "You know exactly what." Jeremy's jaw tightened, that familiar muscle twitching near his temple that always preceded his ultimatums. "You're embarrassing. This whole... look. It's