Chapter 1

I found out Ethan was cheating on me with his gaming duo. We had a massive fight.

In the second month of our silent treatment, he went Instagram official with his new girlfriend.

Everyone thought I would lose my mind, cry, and beg him to come back, just like I used to. Ethan thought so, too.

But I didn't. This time, I chose to let go.

I assumed we were over, and I packed up all my things and moved out.

But after a while, Ethan actually tracked me down.

"Chloe, we've been giving each other the cold shoulder for so long. Aren't you ready to make up?"

I tossed my phone to the side and kept losing myself in the embrace of the man next to me.

On the other end of the line, Ethan’s voice erupted into a crazed, furious roar.

I never thought Ethan would cheat on me.

"Chloe, was that you playing support in his last game?"

My best friend, Mia, called to ask me.

"No, why?"

"Oh—so your boy Ethan is carrying some other girl?"

"No way. He told me he was playing with his boys."

I glanced back at the closed door of the study. Ethan was inside, supposedly in a Discord call with his friends.

"No, that support was playing enchanters. Classic girl gamer. Go check his match history."

After hanging up, I opened his game profile.

Five pages in a row. It was always the same support player, "BabyMimi," laning with him in the bot lane.

I clicked on her profile. It was definitely a girl's account, and her bio was filled with cute selfies.

Ethan had played with other girls before.

But playing with someone so consistently? This was a first.

I hadn't checked his history in a while. He wasn't even trying to hide it. He didn't even bother using an alt account.

I kept my cool and didn't bring it up immediately.

When he finally finished playing and walked out of the study, I was still sitting by the coffee table, pretending to watch a trending Netflix show.

"I’m gonna take a shower, babe," he said, walking straight into the bathroom.

He left his phone on the couch.

As soon as I heard the shower start, I picked it up.

On Snapchat, I was pinned at the top. The chat history was completely clean. No red flags at all.

Refusing to give up, I logged into his Riot Mobile app and clicked on his chat logs with that girl gamer.

And there it was.

Based on their game chats, they had moved to Snapchat, but Ethan had been deleting his chat history on his phone.

What shocked me was that they weren't just gaming buddies.

Ethan was in an online relationship with her.

During our five years of dating, because Ethan was good at games, girls were always hovering around him.

He wasn't exactly a saint either. Early on, he loved the attention and never rejected anyone.

Every time I found out, I would act like the crazy, insecure girlfriend. I’d throw a tantrum, cry, and force him to block them.

But at least he had never officially committed to anyone else.