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013 I Should Never Have Married Her

Author: Olivia GW
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-25 18:43:57

(Cole)

Door closed. Light low.

I’m at my desk with Owen’s files spread out and coffee gone cold beside my hand.

My head still feels raw from what happened with Maya last night… She didn’t beg, she made me beg.

She took the moment, forced me to say things I keep to myself. I’m still trying to figure out what it means.

She’s never been like that before. But then, I always just take what I need at the time.

I want to tell her it’s over. I don’t want to hate what she’s become since Lucy was born. But I just can’t walk away. That frustrates me.

I’m always in control but I can’t control how she makes me feel.

And that makes me angry. Because Cole Vance is never weak with emotions. He’s never weak.

But that was so different and I crumbled. I folded. I was vulnerable. I just hope it doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass. But maybe it means she’s turned a corner. That she is going to be able to cope.

Is she steady now or is this a new kind of quiet before something breaks? Part of me wants t
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    (Cole)Door closed. Light low.I’m at my desk with Owen’s files spread out and coffee gone cold beside my hand.My head still feels raw from what happened with Maya last night… She didn’t beg, she made me beg.She took the moment, forced me to say things I keep to myself. I’m still trying to figure out what it means.She’s never been like that before. But then, I always just take what I need at the time.I want to tell her it’s over. I don’t want to hate what she’s become since Lucy was born. But I just can’t walk away. That frustrates me.I’m always in control but I can’t control how she makes me feel.And that makes me angry. Because Cole Vance is never weak with emotions. He’s never weak.But that was so different and I crumbled. I folded. I was vulnerable. I just hope it doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass. But maybe it means she’s turned a corner. That she is going to be able to cope.Is she steady now or is this a new kind of quiet before something breaks? Part of me wants t

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