ir skin, sharp features, those deep, misty eyes made hi

did love him my whole damn

do dumb stuff when they're young. He's go

p, are you saying that

really cheating. He liked

y lines. His so-called dream girl? She liked someone else. He might've chased her, but at least he didn't go full homewre

eone else, still married you, and then spent the whole marriage acting lik

her a l

uncing to me. "I wasn't talking about you. Actually, yo

right to be mad. From now on, if someone's not impo

es who do? They'll stay, maybe even come closer. So I'll jus

"Good. But really, is that the only reason

offed. "You think I'm buying that, or that I've got a

essly. But yeah,

id love him for a long time. But n

were only together a year. H

to say. Luckily, she didn't push it a

you're finally out of that

re all of them are better than him. Plus, yo

"Okay, guess I'm dependin

d serious. "So, wha

d a job. Build my career

ce lit up wi

ong enough to stop w

rest of us in the dust. All the teachers th

est. Totally buried your potential. It still ticks me off. but hey, enough of that

anyway. Not like he'd give me any. Once we divorced, my inco

the year we'd been apart. Eating, drinking, just

Just before we went back to our rooms, Emma suddenly

inched. My chest tightened like so

t hadn't been for him back then, you wouldn't have ended up marrying Ronald, and m

g, and I didn't pick up the thr

nerve and immediately changed the su

all. Ended up lying awake till dawn. Just as I doz

g at the screen before answering. "

e receiver, tense and rushe

na

instantly. One glance at the c

lost it? What's so damn urg

ad this dream. you were hurting yours

ead so often that it's messing with your dreams now? And even if

ospital needing emergency surgery, yeah,

lthy. His words just so

ow ridiculous it was because

ne kept? And which

wanted to order me around ag

whole dream story was fake. Probably just

but then he said softly, "Isab

und a little off. and against my bette

, third drawer, in the study. Kettle's in the kit

nd I could hear him rum

doing? Instinctively, I slapped mys

done. Don't come to me with this stuff anymore. In fact, you w

on the other end. His ton

you, you've been getting all the perks, wh

f my life. Don't you think y

. "Wow, sounds like someone's

you attitude or random stomach issues. Unlike you-fussy, picky, germaphobe

o be a full-time housewife. And in the

, at least I'm k

issed, "

But I didn't let him. Hung up right then a

ter, my phone lit up

on, I hung up ag

n the past. Didn't think the day would

this so-called relationship. No more

t be anyone's wife, an

yself. And totally, u