Chapter 81

“Relationships are a two-way thing, Sophie; growing together, compromising, and finding your place with each other is not quick. Finding that balance between you and a role you’re both comfortable with takes years. Arrick carries guilt from a rocky beginning. He told me so many times. I think he overcompensates to try and show you how much you mean to him, and he tends to be a little overbearing with that care.”

“And then I repay it by acting like a spoiled baby and pushing him away when he needs me to take care of him.” I sigh with regret, seeing my part where things started to fall apart long before the pregnancy. I kept putting all the pressure and frustration on him, ignoring how much he was putting himself through to even come home to me and keep trying to take care of me. He proposed to me to prove how much he loved and wanted to be with me. He flew home, dropping everything when I told him about the miscarriage, and I know his father, and he still is not talking to one