After Ninety-Nine Times

"Once upon a time, Leonard truly loved me.In order to establish a Mate Bond with me, he confessed 99 times. On the 99th time, I was finally moved.On the day of our Marking Ceremony, I gave him 99 forgiveness coupons. I promised him that I would forgive him 99 times. As long as he still had coupons left over, I would forgive him and stay with him no matter what he did.We were bonded for six years. In the first five years of our Mate Bond, I rarely ever used the forgiveness coupons. Since his childhood friend Judy returned, however, I started burning through the coupons.When I tore up the 98th coupon, Leonard noticed that I had changed.I no longer made a fuss or fought him over Judy. I simply asked him calmly, “If you go to Judy, can I use up one forgiveness coupon?”Leonard paused and then recovered his cool. “Sure. I only used up slightly over half, so use another if you want.”I stayed silent as he left the house.As it turned out, he had no idea he had just lost his 98th coupon.He only had one chance left.After that, I would leave him forever."