AVA POV. My mind got stuck as I looked into Matthew’s eyes. Trying to say something but nothing at the same time. Inside, I could feel myself breaking piece by piece, into a million tiny bits of shame, resentment regret, but amidst my havoc, I felt rage coating every cell of my body, every tissue on my bones. Because, as I looked at my husband, I couldn’t help but compare him to the demon I left upstairs, Matthew was my husband, the man I had built a life with, the steady sweet love that was supposed to be my anchor but there was Serge too now, a man who had fully derailed my entire existence, a man who was suddenly starting to say all the wrong words I wanted to hear, even if his cruel actions never matched his words, he was a demon by nature but I wanted succumb in submission for him, to suffer from his fury to become his Lilith and him mine. I swallowed the lump in my throat, forcing my voice to steady as i spun out the only lie that could save us both tonight. ."Ma
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