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Chapter 36 - Emptiness!

Author: Zinny Cynthia
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[Asher]

You know this feeling of being whole when you have everything you once wished for.

The feeling that you're married to the woman you love and not just that but you have a handsome baby boy growing up every day.

That warmth a man is supposed to feel — walking into his house, knowing his wife is there, waiting. I searched for it every night, but it was nowhere in me.

I’ve sat myself down more times than I can count, asking what the hell was wrong with me. Why did looking at my wife feel like work? Why did touching her, making love to her, feel less like desire and more like an obligation?

It was that bad.

It got so bad that I started seeing a therapist in secret. I had to — I was losing my mind. And don’t get me wrong, I love my wife so much. But that hollow ache? That emptiness I couldn’t name? It never left.

My lips pressed into a thin line as I pushed my laptop aside and just then a knock came on the door.

"Come in."

The door creaked open, and I raised my hea
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