My Wife Thought Room 317 Was Her Secret… Until I W…

Completely wrong. It is strange how an entire life can change because of one careless mistake. In Emma’s case, it was forgetting to take her phone with her into the shower.

We had a rule about phones at home. No passwords. No secrets.

It was not because we did not trust each other, or at least that was what I had told myself for years. It was just practical, something we said was for emergencies, the way couples say ordinary things to avoid admitting how much trust they are really placing in each other. The text notification lit up her screen while the phone sat on our marble kitchen counter.

Room 317. Same as last time. Can’t wait.

The sender was Vincent Larson. Even if you have never been to Denver, you have probably heard the name. His family’s real estate development company had transformed the city skyline over the last decade, and their logo was plastered on half the construction sites downtown.