I Came Home From a Work Trip to Find 100 Roses Delivered to My Wife—Then I Read the Note Hidden in One Bouquet

smell hit me immediately—sweet, overwhelming, almost too perfect. But something about it felt wrong. Not romantic. Not celebratory. More like… a message.

Then the front door opened.

Jane stepped out.

And froze the moment she saw me.

“Mark,” she whispered. “I didn’t expect you back yet.”

Her eyes flicked from me… to the roses.

“Did you do this?” I asked.

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