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Chapter 26

Author: Edelweiss W.S.
"No, I'm not going home. I'll sleep at the office tonight," Hera said.

I hadn't expected that. She swayed on her feet, still drunk, and stepped closer. Then she reached out, teasingly hooking a finger under my chin.

"Sebastian, I know what's been bothering you. You came here tonight, just like I wanted. But with Bobby and Edmund at home, I won't go back. Does that make you feel better?"

Her soft, coaxing voice stirred something complicated inside me, and I instinctively stepped back.

I couldn't believe it. Five years of marriage, and only now, after I'd already decided to leave, did she start to compromise. Even that so-called compromise felt like an insult.

So she did know all along what had been bothering me. Yet back when I still clung to hope, when I still held out for us, she never cared. She ruled our marriage as if it were her solo performance.

But now? It was too late. I didn't care anymore. If you had to lose something to learn its value, maybe you never deserved it to b
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