That night, we fought. His words were venom, his rage a wildfire that burned through the last remnants of my hope. In the end, he stormed out, the door slamming so hard it rattled the walls.
The next time he returned was the day I gave birth to our daughter.
But he hadn’t come for us.
He had only come to take back the Infinity necklace he had once bought for me at an auction.
He had said that since Ophelia liked it, I should return it to its rightful owner.
And after that, he vanished more often than not, leaving nothing but a lingering emptiness behind.
Looking back on everything, I drew in a deep breath, slipped off my wedding ring and placed it on the table.
This suffocating, shattered marriage had to end.
Just then, Nathaniel walked in. The moment his eyes landed on me sitting on the sofa, they turned to ice.
He strode over, looming over me with an air of cold detachment.
"You saw everything at the hot spring, didn’t you?"
"It’s a good thing you didn’t lose control this time. If you’d laid a hand on Ophelia again, I wouldn’t have let you off so easily."
"Oh and I almost forgot, she’s moving in tomorrow. Her place is under renovation."