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2026-11-06 05:34:44CATHERINE'S POV
The book started as a joke.I mentioned it to Ryan one night a passing thought, a what if and he looked at me like I had just handed him something precious."Write it," he said."I was joking.""I wasn't."So I wrote it.Not the whole thing. Not the confession. Not the story of six years of silence and servitude and survival. But something smaller. A collection of essays. Notes on walking away.I called it
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CATHERINE'S POVI told him at breakfast.Not in a dramatic way. Not with candles or music or grand gestures. Just two people, sitting across from each other at a small café, coffee growing cold between us."I love you."Ryan froze. His cup hovered halfway to his lips. His eyes searched my face like he was looking for the lie."There's no lie," I said. "I'm not saying it because I think I should. I'm not saying it because you've been waiting. I'm saying it because it's true."He set the cup down slowly. His hands were trembling."Catherine..""I'm not ready to marry you again. I'm not ready to promise forever. But I'm ready to stop pretending I don't feel this."He reached across the table and took my hand. His eyes were wet."I've waited so long to hear that," he whispered."I know.""I don't deserve it.""Probably not." I smiled. "But I'm not perfect either."
HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY Chapter - FORTY SIX
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CATHERINE'S POVThree weeks passed.Three weeks of quiet mornings and late night phone calls. Three weeks of Ryan showing up at my office with lunch, of walks in the park, of conversations that started careful and ended honest.Three weeks of learning to trust him again.It wasn't easy. There were moments when I looked at him and saw the man who had ignored me for six years. Moments when his touch made me flinch. Moments when I wanted to run.But I didn't.One step at a time.Michael called it "the world's slowest courtship.""You're basically dating your ex-husband," he said one afternoon, sprawled on my office couch. "But with more emotional baggage and fewer dinner dates.""We have dinner dates.""Do you?"I threw a pen at him. He caught it."I'm just saying," he continued, "you could make him work harder. The man put you through hell for six years. Make him sweat a little.
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CATHERINE'S POVThe beach house felt different in the morning.Lighter. Warmer. Like the walls had absorbed something good and were reflecting it back at me.I woke before Ryan. I slipped out of bed and walked to the kitchen, barefoot on the cold floor. I made coffee. I opened the windows. I let the ocean air fill the house.This is real, I kept thinking. This is actually happening.Ryan appeared in the doorway, his hair messy, his eyes still heavy with sleep. He was wearing only his undershirt and boxers. He looked vulnerable. Human."Morning," he said, his voice rough."Morning."He walked to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. He rested his chin on my shoulder."I thought I dreamed it," he murmured."Drank too much?"He laughed softly. "No. I thought I dreamed you. That you were here. That you said yes."I turned to face him. "I didn't say yes. I said maybe."
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CATHERINE'S POVThe beach house looked different in the afternoon light.Softer. Warmer. Less like a hiding place and more like a home.I arrived early. I wanted time to think. Time to breathe. Time to decide what I was going to say.I walked through the rooms, touching the walls, the furniture, the memories. My father's sailboat still sat on the mantel, unfinished. My old photographs still hung on the walls.This is where I came to hide, I thought. This is where I came to heal.I stepped onto the porch and looked at the ocean. The waves rolled in, steady and endless. The sun was beginning its slow descent, painting the sky in shades of gold and pink.Beautiful, I thought. Even after everything, the world is still beautiful.I heard the car before I saw it.A black BMW pulled into the driveway. The engine cut. The door opened.Ryan stepped out.He looked different. Tired. Ner
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CATHERINE'S POVI woke to sunlight streaming through the curtains.For a moment, I didn't remember where I was. Then it all came back the file, the confrontation, the note, the ring.It's over.I lay there for a long time, staring at the ceiling. My body felt heavy. My mind felt light.Sarah's gone. Or she will be. Either way, I won.I sat up and reached for my phone.No new messages from Unknown. No cryptic words. No midnight confessions.Just silence.He's giving me space.I smiled. Good.I made coffee and drank it on the balcony. The city was waking up below me cars honking, people rushing, life moving forward.I should feel different, I thought. I should feel free.But I didn't. Not yet.There was still one thing left to do.I picked up my phone and dialed."Michael? Can you meet me? I need to tell you something."We met at
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