Chapter 23

He walked closer to where I was, the exact opposite of my expectation, that he was about to leave my house.

“But... Thanks for your help. You have been a great help in encouraging me to find my purpose here. Now that I finally confirmed you just have Kris’ face, not her soul and identity, should you expect I will stop pestering your life from now on.”

“I’m not really going to force you to be my wife anymore. By this confirmation happened tonight, I will just learn to accept that she is really gone.”

With every word he utters, every letter woven and sentences punctuated, I feel the pain and bitterness… by how he pronounced those.

“You know what... you wouldn’t have reached that point...” I met his eyes when I moved my face upward. “That you will regret the things you did before... that you will regret how much you failed Kris as a husband... if only then, Liam... you would have learned how to properly take care of your wife.”

“And now you’re going to cha