Noelle

Noelle ~

Hey my name is Noelle Anderson, I'm 31 years old and I've been married for 12 years to my high school sweetheart Brandon Anderson. I work as a librarian at a library just near our apartment while Brandon's a well known family lawyer in all of New York. Wish I could say life is great but as of right now it's gone to shit and I have no idea what went wrong between us, I can see that Brandon has become indifferent and cold towards me.

Whenever I try to bring it up that he's become different he shuts me down with a glare and tells me to stop annoying him. It hurts to be honest because I've also noticed that he comes home late, doesn't sleep next to me in our bed anymore and never joins me for breakfast or dinner even though I always save him food just for it to be found untouched. I'm getting sick of being treated like this, for the past few years I've been trying to talk to him about having children because it's what I've always wanted, a family. But of course, he shuts me down every single time saying he's not ready yet and even said that I wasn't fit to be a mother my heart hurt hearing him say those words but yet I stayed quiet and moved on acting as if he didn't just tear apart my heart and crush it.

I'm sick and tired of being on the receiving end of his attitude and with our wedding anniversary coming up I just hope I won't be having to deal with it. A few weeks have gone by and Brandon is still the same that I'm beginning to worry, today is finally our wedding anniversary but when I woke up excited and not gonna lie I was anticipating a surprise from him but he was nowhere in sight to be found. I woke up with a smile only for it to to be wiped off of my face, I stared at the empty spot beside me with a blank expression. If this were every other anniversary I would've awoken to flowers and breakfast in bed, Brandon knew I was never into expensive gifts it was always the small and meaningful gestures that I loved.

I feel my eyes begin to water but I try my best to keep my emotions at bay, has he really forgotten all about our anniversary I think to myself. With a quick shake of my head, I get rid of any negative thoughts before I jump to any conclusions although I've had a few hunches that the reason for his behaviour is because of another woman but I don't want to assume anything yet so with that I get on with my day and quickly brush my teeth then hop in the shower for a nice start to the day.

Today I'm going to wear brown leather trousers with a sleeveless turtle neck and a brown leather coat and for jewellery a gold necklace, a few rings and a handbag. I go to the library and begin my routine of putting books away on the shelves and doing a bit of customer service, I love reading books which is why I chose working at the library so I could read as much as I want. I look up at the big clock and notice it's 6:30 which is the end of my shift so I pack up and drive home.

Once I arrive I head inside and place my stuff on the kitchen counter, seeing as Brandon is still not home I decide to take a walk to clear my head as I don't know what to make of todays events. I'm walking in the city and notice all the couples having dinner in the expensive restaurants, I slow down and take in my surroundings only for my eyes to zero in on a specific restaurant window with which I can clearly make out two people who seem to very intimate as they are holding hands and smiling while chatting.

I walk a bit closer to the edge of the sidewalk to get a closer look because I can recognise that figure anywhere, the closer I get the more clearer the person gets and I'm looking directly at my husband of 13 years now holding hands with a different woman and smiling. The expression on my face is blank and I can feel all the colour on my face becoming paler the longer I look, I'm sick to my stomach as I feel as though I've been kicked in the gut and my heart is in my stomach.Everything in sight is beginning to blur and my breathing is becoming shallow I think I'm going to faint so I turn on my heel and sprint as fast as I can back to the apartment.



HELLO GUYS, author here just letting you guys know that this is my first story and it's probably not that great but I hope you enjoy it lol. Uh I was very scared to write a story but I decided why not cause yolo haha, anyways have a good day everyone 💝