It Breaks Me: A Forbidden Dark Romance (Betrayal Book 2) by Penelope Sky

Author:Penelope Sky [Sky, Penelope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hartwick Publishing
Published: 2024-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

We ate in silence, each of us having our own pizza and sharing the fries that I’d ordered. He’d also gotten a bottle of wine for us to share.

It was two in the morning now, and while I was exhausted, my hunger was far more potent.

He didn’t eat nearly as much as I did, focusing on his wine more than anything else.

I ate almost my entire pizza, most of the fries, and even downed the shake by myself.

He wore a look of amusement, like the sight was entertaining for him.

“I was starving.”

“I could tell,” he said with a slight smile, his hands together as his elbows remained propped on the armrests.

I glanced at the bedroom, wondering if he would sleep in the bed with me. I was so tired, I almost didn’t care where he slept. “Will you sleep on the couch?”

“No.”

“You expect me to sleep on the couch?”

He smirked like I’d made a joke. “No.”

“I told you I wanted to sleep in different bedrooms⁠—”

“It’s our wedding night.”

“What happened to not forcing someone to do what they don’t want to do?”

His smile slowly disappeared. “I’m your husband⁠—”

“I don’t want to sleep with you.”

“Why?”

“Because I don’t.”

He paused for a moment. “Tell me why.”

I looked away.

“Baby.”

“I told you to stop calling me that.”

“It’s hard not to,” he said quietly. “Because when I look at you…I see my baby. Now tell me why.”

My eyes remained averted. “Because stuff will happen…”

“I would never pressure you into something you don’t want to do, as I’ve proven.”

I swallowed before I answered. “That’s not what I’m worried about.” I didn’t want to see the smirk on his face. Didn’t want to see the victory in his eyes. He wasn’t the problem, but I was.

There was no smile in his voice. “There’s nothing wrong with wanting me.”

“I disagree.”

“I’m your husband⁠—”

“And the man who has broken me beyond all repair.” I’d spent those six months trying to convince myself I was okay, when I was anything but. “For the first month, all I did was stay home every night and cry. There were days when I couldn’t get out of bed, so I lied and said I was sick, when my father knew I wasn’t. Then I started to drink a lot, going through a bottle of wine by myself every night. When that didn’t work, I turned to sex. But that just made me feel lonelier.” I could feel his stare on the side of my face even though I couldn’t see him. It was like a spot of sunlight on a summer day. “And when that didn’t work, I came to the conclusion that nothing would ever work. So I’ve been walking this world like a zombie, feeling nothing at all.” The silence stretched after I finished speaking.

Axel didn’t say anything. What could he possibly say to that?

After a moment of silence, I turned back to look at him.

His face was flushed, his veins were more prominent, and his eyes were on the table in silent rage.

I wasn’t sure if he was mad at me for saying that—or mad at himself for causing that despair.

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