His Bittersweet Regret by Christine Michelle

Author:Christine Michelle [Michelle, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Marriage and Divorce
Publisher: Moonlit Dreams Publications
Published: 2022-07-05T18:30:00+00:00

19

Opal

Everything looked so inviting when I walked in. Honestly, it was the picture of what I wanted to do with the house we were saving for. Marsh must have remembered, or maybe he had all the things saved on his laptop from where we used to window shop online. Planning our dreams of not only homeownership, but making it truly our home, had been some of the most amazing memories with him over the past few years.

We were planning a future together and that always left me feeling exhilarated. Having it all ripped away from me in the course of one day simply left me weary. If he thought I would move into this house, under any circumstances, he was crazy. Why would I do that to myself again? My body sagged with the prospect of having to deal with any of it.

When I couldn’t stall any longer, after actually taking care of business, I finally made my way out to the living room to the most unexpected sight ever. Marsh sat slumped into himself on the couch, face buried in his hands, and shoulders shaking as he cried. He wasn’t just crying, it was full-on sobbing, the likes of which I had never seen him do. For a minute, my heart broke for him. Then, I remembered he had been the one to put me in the same position, only I was left crying for many days and nights, for months on end.

“Can you take me home now?”

He quickly swiped away the tears on his face with his arm before looking up at me. “I told you, Opal, this is your home. I bought it for you.”

“Once again, you didn’t give me any say in that before you went and made a decision that might affect me. You keep planning for my future, all on your own, without including me. So, my answer is no. I do not want to live with you again. I do not want to live anywhere that has your name attached to it either, whether you’re here or banned from the place.”

“Why not? You have to admit it is convenient as hell to work and by far a better neighborhood than the one you’re living in.”

“And again, it has your name attached to it.”

“Opal,” he started in a placating tone.

“No. Not happening.”

“Give me one good reason.”

“I’ve already been tossed aside like yesterday’s garbage once, and left to pick up the pieces; I won’t do that again. Dammit, Marsh, I have to worry about what else you’ll decide is best for me without even asking. Maybe I shouldn’t work because I have a son to raise, but then you decide that some shiny new woman at a party made you feel good, so you’ll throw me out to make room for her and spare me the hurt of you cheating? Never mind that I have no income, because that doesn’t affect you directly. What will it be next? What decision for MY LIFE will you

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