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Learn English through Stories Level 3 ⭐ His Double Life - Emotional English Story for Listening Practice  My name is Serena. I am forty-one years old. I have a husband. His name is Ryan. He is forty-six years old. We have been married for fourteen years. I believed my life was very good. I thought I had a perfect marriage. I was twenty-seven years old when I met Ryan. He was a very handsome man. He made me feel special.   #englishlearning #LanguageMastery #learnenglishthroughstory   #gradedreaderlevel3 #learnenglishthroughstorylevel3 #ieltspreparation  #improveyourenglish #ielts_listening   #englishstorywithsubtitle #englishstorywithsubtites #englishlisteningpractice #englishaudiobook #gradedreader #englishstories #learnenglishthroughstories #englishstory  #englishstoryforlisteningtoimproveenglish #listeningenglishstory #englishstoryforlistening #gradedreader #learnenglishonline #bestenglishstory #bestenglishstories

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00:00My name is Serena. I am 41 years old. I have a husband. His name is Ryan. He is 46 years old.

00:11We have been married for 14 years. I believed my life was very good. I thought I had a perfect

00:19marriage. I was 27 years old when I met Ryan. He was a very handsome man. He made me feel special.

00:30I felt very happy when I was with Ryan. After only six months, Ryan asked me to marry him.

00:40He held my hand. He looked into my eyes. I was very surprised, but also very happy. I said yes.

00:50He gave me a beautiful gold ring. He promised me that we would be together forever. He promised

00:58me a happy future. I believed him. We got married. After that, we started our life together.

01:07We lived in a small apartment. I worked in an office. Ryan worked in sales. He often traveled

01:17for his job. But he always came home to me. Our life was simple. We talked about having children

01:27one day. We talked about buying a bigger house. I trusted Ryan. I thought Ryan was the perfect husband

01:37for me. But I had no idea that my perfect life was not real. One afternoon, I was in the kitchen

01:48cleaning the dishes. I moved a stack of papers and saw something new. It was a letter.

01:55The envelope was plain white. I picked it up. I looked at the name written on the front. It

02:04was not my name. It was not Ryan's name. The letter was for Mrs. Lisa Parker. I froze. My hand

02:15stopped moving. Who was Lisa Parker? I had never heard this name before. My heart began to beat

02:23fast. The address on the envelope was also different from ours. Why did a letter for someone else come

02:33to our home? I put the letter down on the table. But I could not stop thinking about it. Ryan would

02:42be home soon from work. I decided to wait for him. After a while, Ryan came home. I heard his keys in

02:52the lock. He walked into the kitchen smiling, as he always did after work. Hello, my love, he said.

03:05He looked at me and I knew I had to ask him. Then I picked up the letter from the table.

03:11I showed it to him. Ryan, I said. Who is Lisa Parker? This letter is for her. It came to our house

03:21today. Ryan looked at the letter in my hand. His face did not change. He did not look surprised

03:30or worried. He took the envelope from my hand. He looked at the name. Then he smiled.

03:37Oh, that, he said. It's nothing. It's just a mistake. The bank probably sent it to the wrong

03:46address. Don't worry about it, Serena. He put the letter down on the counter and then quickly

03:54changed the subject. He did not seem to think it was strange that this letter had arrived.

04:02Ryan had said it was a mistake. Ryan had said it was a mistake, but I could not forget the name

04:10Lisa Parker. One evening, after Ryan had gone to bed, I sat alone. I looked at my phone. I knew I had

04:21to find out. I typed the name Lisa Parker. A picture loaded on the screen. It was a woman. Then my eyes

04:31stopped. I saw a picture of a wedding. In the photo, a man stood next to Lisa Parker. It was Ryan.

04:40He was smiling, wearing a suit. Lisa wore a white wedding dress. They looked very happy. I could not

04:52believe what I was seeing. Ryan and Lisa were cutting the wedding cake. The date on the photos

05:01was clear, 16 years ago. I could not breathe. I thought about my own life with Ryan. We had been

05:11married for 14 years. If Ryan married Lisa 16 years ago, then he was already married when he met me.

05:22He was married to another woman when he proposed to me. My perfect life. My happy marriage. All of it

05:32was a lie. Ryan had promised me forever, but he already had a forever with someone else. Ryan had lived

05:43two lives. He had kept this huge secret from me for 14 years. Was our marriage real? I had to know.

05:54I decided to go to the city office. I found the sign, Marriage Certificates. I walked to the counter.

06:04A woman with sat there. Hello? I said. I need to check a marriage record for Serena Watson and Ryan Parker.

06:12The woman nodded. She typed on her computer. She checked some old files. Then, the woman looked up with

06:23sad eyes. I am so sorry, she said. There is no legal marriage record for Serena Watson and Ryan Parker

06:33in our files. None at all. I froze. My heart broke. No legal marriage. I was not his

06:42wife. I had never been his wife. The wedding day. The gold ring. The promises we made. All of it was a lie.

06:53Fourteen years. Fourteen years of a fake life. I was the second woman. The secret woman. I felt like I was

07:03losing my mind. I said thank you to the woman at the counter. I turned and walked out of the office.

07:12I found Lisa's house. It was not far from my apartment. I stood outside her house. I had to speak

07:23to her. I walked to the door. I raised my hand and knocked.

07:28A woman stood there. It was Lisa. I looked at her face and she looked at mine. I said,

07:47Hello. My name is Serena. I think we are both married to the same man.

07:55Lisa did not look surprised. She just looked sad. It meant she already knew something was wrong.

08:03She opened the door wider. Please come in, she said. We went to her living room.

08:09We sat on a sofa. Then Lisa began to speak. She told me everything. She said she knew about me.

08:20She knew that Ryan had another life. Ryan had told her about me. He had promised her that he would end

08:29things with me. He told her he would get a divorce. He said he would leave me soon.

08:37He had been saying this for a long time. She believed him. She loved him.

08:45Lisa said Ryan often came home late. He told her he was working. But now she knew he was with me.

08:54She felt sad and angry. I listened to her words. I felt sad for Lisa. I was angry at Ryan.

09:04He had hurt two women. I knew I could not keep his secret anymore.

09:11I decided it was time for everyone to know the truth about Ryan. I needed to expose his two lives.

09:20I thought about Ryan's job. I knew who his boss was. I sat down and wrote an email.

09:27In the email, I explained everything. I wrote about Ryan's two marriages and how he had lived

09:37a lie for many years. I sent the email to his boss. I also called Ryan's mother.

09:45I told Ryan's mother the truth about her son. Ryan's mother began to cry. She could not believe

09:54what I was telling her. Soon, his boss fired him from his job. He had lost his work because of his lies.

10:04His mother was very upset with him. A few days later, Ryan came to the door. He knocked.

10:13Ryan looked very bad. His face was sad. He looked tired. He called my name, begging me to open

10:24the door. I opened the door. Ryan began to speak. He said he was so sorry. He begged me to take him

10:37back. He said he loved me and that I was the only one. But I did not believe his words anymore.

10:46Go away, Ryan, I said. Go to your real wife. I am not your wife. Then I closed the door.

10:56The days after Ryan left were hard. I went to work, but my heart was heavy. I often cried at my desk.

11:06My co-workers saw my sadness. Some people looked away, but one person was different. His name was

11:15Miller. He worked in the same office as me. Miller was a kind man. He did not tell me what to do.

11:25Sometimes I talked about my feelings. I talked about the lies. Miller just listened. He did not stop me.

11:35I felt safe with Miller. He never said you should do this or you should do that. Miller was different

11:45from Ryan. Ryan was handsome, but he was not honest. Miller was quiet, but he was always honest.

11:54He never lied. He was a good man. I do not think about Ryan anymore. I do not miss him. I am free.

12:04Lisa is also free. She can live her own life now. I am ready for the future. I am ready to build a life

12:14with a man who truly cares for me. I am finally free and truly happy.

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