Sena's POVDays later, I noticed something was wrong.Kael hardly touched me anymore. Not in the way he used to—not with that easy affection, those casual caresses, the constant need to be close to me. Now, when he did touch me, it felt... perfunctory. Like he was going through the motions of being an attentive mate without actually feeling it.And there was something in his eyes. A guilt that flickered there sometimes when he looked at me, before he quickly covered it with smiles and reassurances.He was growing distant. I could feel it.At first, I tried to tell myself I was imagining it. That the pregnancy hormones were making me paranoid, making me see problems where there weren't any.But then I noticed he was leaving the bed every night.Around midnight, when he thought I was deeply asleep, he would carefully slip out of bed, place a pillow beside me so I wouldn't notice his absence immediately, and leave the room.The first time it happened, I'd dismissed it. Maybe he couldn't
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