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as Alex held me close. His tears f

ver my body. I could fe

his voice shaking. "I don't know wh

ink that this time would be different.

"You pushed me to this. If you just listened to me, if

w better than to express it. I kne

placate him. "I'll try to do

arah. I don't want to hurt you. But you need to understa

d. I knew I had to escap

n a nightmare. I was trapped in a cycle of

end that everything was okay, that Alex was

Possessiveness, jealousy, control. It w

y, if I didn't text him back immediately. He would accuse

, as passion. I thought it w

onships before him. He would get angry if I didn't

st interested, that he

someone else. He would say things like, "You'll never find

off, thinking he

ing sign. A sign of the control, the m

I was blinded by love, by

ee it. I'm not sure if I want to admit that

have to leave him. And I'm n

m. I've always been drawn to broken people, people

mes he's made me cry. But I also think about the tim

t with my love, my support, my c

or of his ways, he would change. I believed that the

, and that if I could just be patient and understanding enough, he would eventua

ke I'm making a difference. Like I'm saving him

ng, even when things get tou

bling him. But she doesn't understand. She

g to risk everything

ors do. We risk everythi

. I love him mo

at. I'll stay, and I'll he

f it k

I th

s 19, and my world was shattered. I felt lost a

was my rock, my comfort, my safe haven. We had been dat

ways there for me. He helped me with the funeral arrangements, he

when he proposed to me two years later. I thought we were

trolling and possessive, making me feel trapped and suffocated. I didn't recognize the warni

mask that hid his true nature. And I'm determined to break fre