out before I could stop them, m

resentment, or even the obsessive love I had in

just as sharp-tall, cool, and way too good-looking for his own good. Honestly, even a

at the bowl on the table, his eyes

g toward me, giving off that su

ctively stepped back a couple

you tryi

e. He hadn't fully fallen for his so-called true love yet, and I hadn'

made one thing very clear-I did

rything go, not only did I stop craving

didn't get what I was doing, then

s to get me back, and now you're actin

t are you even

d've been happier if

eached out, gripping my chin tight. Those

amed up with your cousin to tell me you

rip was crushing-I felt like my jaw mig

he did that. It must've be

anniversaries, I never once pushed him to come home. E

glue and you didn't know? Come on, Isabella.

ed in impatience, I couldn't help but la

r one roof. He flat-out ignored me. I tried everything to melt t

for someone else, I lost it. Did all sorts of things just

But now, in this life, I didn't do a thing. I just came home with a stomachache and ma

about what I did. He jus

traighter, locking eyes with him. An

et's get a

ly caught off guard. Then h

know what y

choice, I'd rather have been

p everything. From a successful, spoiled young woman to a fu

one moved by it."We got married for family reasons, right? You never like

ally snapped, towering over me with that intimidating

Grandpa, going on and on until I had no choice. And now you sa

s eyes like frozen steel. "Was

gaze, my heart thud

ay below his. If it weren't for the bond between our grandfathers an

er hadn't been sick and forced his hand, I never would've become his wi

like. She's beautiful, sweet. You two make a good match.

ose. I wanted to

she's gone, he'll realize just how hard he's fallen. He'l

amatic soap opera. I can't repeat my past life mi

t first, before love

d in on me. "You saw her? So that's why you're acting so

fast, heart pounding, 'til I hit

soft spot against him? That

Have I ever blackmailed you? In a who

do-but I can't be stuck in a marriage like this forever. I don't want to turn eighty and still be a virgin. You ignore the

down close. He's got that annoying height-just

o faint from excitement. Now? A

ing back a snide comment. "So. a lonely widow, huh? G

into my face. I blushed hard and

him while dying, he ignored me. So this time, I'm telling him I want the

ingers, his gaze flicking across m

id without

cool, mocking c

You don't get to just start and stop

get a damn toy and sort yourself out. Just don't make a