Loyalty.
That was the word that had defined me for years.
I had a boyfriend three years together, though distance had kept us apart for most of that time. Everyone who knew me admired me for one thing: I was unshakably faithful.
It wasn't because I was hopelessly in love, though.
It was because no one else had ever managed to distract me.
I was the kind of girl who ignored stares, who let messages from other guys go unanswered. To me, commitment meant silence in the face of temptation.
At least, until that Monday morning.
It was just a friend request on my phone. Just one click.
I accepted without thinking.
I didn't know that one careless tap would start to pull apart everything I thought I believed in.
That night, his message appeared.
Just one word:
"Hello."
And that was the beginning.