Chapter 249. Goodbye, Irtaza

"I forced you into marriage. My need to possess you became my prime goal. But it's important to realize that not everything you love is yours to keep," he scoffed. "My one and only madness was to make you mine, make you smile, and hold your hands till eternity. I remember seeing the footage of you with that bastard, which set my whole being on fire. I was determined to make your life a living hell, but every time your tears, your screams drenched in misery, pained my heart to the core."

His eyes closed as he took a deep breath. It was the first time in his life he was this vulnerable. It was probably one of the last moments of his life that he would be seeing her.

"You don’t owe me reasons anymore—I owe myself some. Nothing can justify my actions, and it kills me every time I see fear, distrust in your eyes for me. The moments when I held you close enough for our breaths to synchronize, I knew I was suffocating you. My love is transparent enough for you to see but opaqu