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How Far Will You Go to Protect Your Love?

When trust breaks, what’s left?

5 min readOct 7, 2024

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Photo by Katie Salerno

You’re in a relationship you thought was solid, full of love and mutual trust. Suddenly, a small suspicion starts to eat away at you.

A diverted glance, a hidden message, a work “friend” you’ve never heard of.

Now what?

What do you do?

This is the story of someone who found themselves in exactly that situation.

A story that, unfortunately, is more common than we’d like to admit.

A story that makes us question: how far are we willing to go to protect our love? And in trying to protect it, are we actually destroying it?

It all started with a surprise visit to the office.

One of those innocent things we do from time to time, right?

But what was supposed to be a sweet moment quickly turned into a nightmare. Seeing your partner pretend not to see you, walking with a coworker they’ve never mentioned… It’s like the ground opens up beneath your feet.

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