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gave himself a hundred paper cuts making origami versions of my favorite flowers for my birthday,
“I don’t have the money to buy you all the flowers you deserve yet,” he said, sounding so solemn and formal I couldn’t help but smile at the contrast between his tone and the jar of colorful paper flowers in his hands. “So I made them instead.”
“One day, I’ll buy you a thousand real roses. I promise.”
He’d kept that promise, but he’d broken a thousand more since.
“I’m asking you one last time,” I said quietly. Blood roared in my ears, nearly drowning out my words. “Where is my wife?”
forgive me.
“You never told me.” I dropped my arm, wondering where the hell we went wrong. “You never said a thing about any of this until now.”
It’s not just about one trip or dinner. It’s not even about a dozen trips and dinners. It’s about what missing them represents.”
You go girl
“You’ve made it clear, time and again, that I’m not a priority.” “That’s not true.” “Isn’t it?”
DAMNNN
there was an emergency at work and at home at the same time, who you would choose.
💔💔💔
“You know I would choose you.” “That’s the thing. I don’t.” A tear slipped down her cheek. “Because you haven’t chosen me. Not in a very, very long time.”
My poor baby 😭
“You honestly think we’ll be happier if we divorce? That I’ll be happier without you? This is us.” The word ripped from my throat, raw and loaded with emotion. “Você e eu. Para sempre.” You and me. Forever.
The thought of living without her was incomprehensible, like asking a heart to stop beating or the stars to give up the night. “I promise.” We had to.
Her voice was made for radio, but her face was made for the goddamned silver screen.
Thayer was filled with beautiful girls, but there was beautiful, and there was her.
distance between us, but I couldn’t help leaning into him. One minute. That’s all I need.
Learning foreign languages didn’t come easily for him, but the fact that he’d done it anyway because he wanted to make a good impression on my family… The ache deepened. God, I adored this man. “Maybe, but I wanted to.” Dominic’s face softened. “Faria qualquer coisa por você.”
“Loving you was never the problem!”
“I’ve loved you for eleven years, Dom. I loved you so much I lost myself. Everything I did, everything I gave up and endured was for you. The late nights, the missed dates, the canceled trips. I believed in you and wanted you to succeed, not because I cared about the money, but because you did. I thought one day, it would be enough, and you would be happy with what we had. But you’ll never be happy, and I’ll never be enough.”
Poor girl
