What We Built in Seven Years, What We Broke in Months

Synopsis

On New Year's Eve, Adam Bennett, my boyfriend, had his phone auto-connect to our neighbor's Wi-Fi. That was when I realized all his late overtime nights only meant hanging out in the building next door with our neighbor, Emily Carter. A few days later, I met up with my best friend, Sophie Lane, for a party. Mid-conversation, she suddenly gasped out loud. "Why does your boyfriend's keychain match my roommate's exactly?" I looked down at the worn trinket dangling from his keychain, something I'd hand-sewn for him years ago. Adam grabbed the keychain back nervously, his ears turning bright red. I lifted my glass with a quiet smile and toasted Sophie and her roommate, Emily. The grand New Year's Eve fireworks display lit up the sky. Adam and Emily, the well-matched pair, would have their perfect ending, right then and there.