{"id":17719,"date":"2025-01-30T21:05:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T21:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=17719"},"modified":"2025-01-30T21:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T21:05:53","slug":"two-can-play-that-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=17719","title":{"rendered":"Two Can Play That Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17720\" src=\"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feeling-great-today.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feeling-great-today.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feeling-great-today-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feeling-great-today-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feeling-great-today-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Feeling-great-today-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"311fe198f191a864c1efcdfa9efedfdf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1782571\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>He thought he could cheat and get away with it. He lied, he deceived, and he expected me to stay, to forgive, to accept my role as the loyal, heartbroken wife. But he underestimated me. I wasn\u2019t going to cry myself to sleep while he indulged in his double life. No, if he could betray me so easily, then he deserved to feel that same sting\u2014the slow-burning realization that he wasn\u2019t as untouchable as he thought.<\/p>\n<p>At first, I played my part perfectly. I acted as though I knew nothing, letting him believe his secret was safe. Meanwhile, I was already setting my plan in motion. I didn\u2019t choose just anyone\u2014I found someone who reminded me of what it felt like to be wanted, to be seen. A man who desired me, not as a wife to neglect, but as a woman to cherish. And when the moment was right, I let myself go.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t just cheat\u2014I mirrored his every move. The late-night texts, the unexplained absences, the lingering scent of someone else\u2019s cologne. When he finally noticed, his panic was almost amusing. He confronted me with anger, demanding answers he had no right to ask. I simply looked at him and smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does it feel?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>That was the moment he realized\u2014he wasn\u2019t the only one who could play this game. And unlike him, I wasn\u2019t sorry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He thought he could cheat and get away with it. He lied, he deceived, and he expected me to stay, to forgive, to accept my role as&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17721,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17719\/revisions\/17721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}