Five Years After Our Divorce, I Ran Into My Ex-Husband at My Cousin’s Wedding—with the Woman He Left Me For Standing Beside Him. He Smirked and Said, “Leaving You Was the Smartest Decision I Ever Made.”

“Nobody asked the compliance department.”

For half a second, I froze.

Then I started laughing even harder.

Caleb looked confused until I explained Drew’s old joke about my work.

He wrapped an arm around my waist.

“Well, I happen to like the compliance department.”

“Good answer.”

For years, Drew probably believed he had won our divorce.

He got Vanessa.

He kept the lifestyle he wanted.

He walked away believing I had been the boring chapter before his real life began.

But relationships aren’t competitions.

One person doesn’t need to lose