My Husband Walked Out on Our Anniversary for His Ex — He Never Saw My Response Coming

He hesitated for a second. Then he stood.

“I’ll just be an hour,” he promised.

I watched him walk out of the restaurant, leaving his steak half-eaten and his wine untouched. I sat there alone, surrounded by couples celebrating their own milestones, wondering when my marriage had begun to feel like a temporary pause in someone else’s life.

That night, I didn’t argue. I didn’t cry. I thought.