Semua Bab THE ABANDONED WIFE: Bab 111 - Bab 114

The weeks that followed were a blur of nausea, fatigue, and a profound emotional instability that Megan couldn't control. The quiet sadness she had so carefully kept hidden was now manifesting as a chaotic storm of emotions. The pregnancy hormones, a cruel and unpredictable force, had become a magnifying glass for her deepest anxieties. A happy, carefree moment could turn into a fit of inexplicable tears. A simple, well-intentioned suggestion from Dante could trigger a sudden, irrational rage.Dante, the master of control, was utterly ill-equipped to handle this new reality. He saw her mood swings not as a natural part of pregnancy, but as a problem to be solved, a flaw in his otherwise perfect blueprint. He would try to "fix" her with gifts—a new dress, a piece of jewelry, a box of chocolates. But his attempts only made things worse, making her feel like an object, a child to be appeased, rather than a woman in the midst of a profound, physical and emot

The silence that followed Megan's outburst was a heavy, suffocating blanket, more profound than any of Dante's carefully constructed cold shoulders. It was the silence of shattered glass, of a foundation cracking under immense pressure. Dante stood there, the expensive suit a symbol of a life that no longer existed, his face a mask of shock. The woman screaming in front of him, her face streaked with tears and fury, was a stranger. This wasn't his "Megan"—his quiet, compliant wife. This was a raw, primal force he had unleashed with his neglect."A shattered, neglected emotional wreck that he himself had created with his own hands," a voice in his head whispered, the truth cutting through his bewilderment. He had been so focused on building the life, he'd forgotten the person living it.He slowly took off his suit jacket and placed it on a nearby chair, a gesture of surrender. The fight had been taken out of him. He wasn't angry; he was genuinely, terrifyingly lost. He had pushed his