Dominic did not even look at the wallet and told me that I always had an answer for everything. “But that is enough, so from today on, you buy your food and I will buy mine,” he declared firmly.
Shane looked down at his plate because he felt uncomfortable, and I felt my face burn even though I did not cry. Something inside me cooled as if I had suddenly understood perfectly who the man I had married really was.
“Okay,” I replied simply, which made Dominic frown as if he were disappointed that there was no big scandal. He asked me if I was really just going to agree like that, and I told him that I would buy my own food from now on.
From that day on, I kept my word without arguing and bought my things separately while labeling my containers. I cooked only for myself and stored everything in a separate compartment of the refrigerator to follow his new rule.
When Dominic came home at night looking for my snacks or salads, I would simply remind him calmly that we were now each responsible for our own things. He would get annoyed and slam the refrigerator door, but he never dared to back down from the arrangement he started.