Loved by the Villain
She did try to push me away, not because she hated me but because she thought I might get frustrated by fixing her problems again and again.
I’m just realising how hard she tried to make me hate her because she thought it was for my own good. She cared for me. She still does.
“Maybe, I don’t deserve her,” I mutter, crushing the cigar in the ashtray.
“Oh, no, no, no, no. That’s not what I meant!” Richard scoffs. “She loves you. I’m sure she would be heartbroken if she heard that from you.”
“I don’t know. I feel as if everything is out of my control,” I say, running fingers through my hair.