Leaving Behind My Nine-year Marriage Novels & Stories

The past four years of his life had been very painful and tiring. It was not the life he dreamt for him and Elaine. All he ever wanted then was to take her away from everything that was scaring her. He wanted to protect her, to always be by her side at all costs. But she kept pushing him away. When he asked her to marry him, without hesitation Elaine answered yes. She was so certain as if she won't be regretting her decision. The conviction in her voice felt like a gentle hand that caressed his heart at the moment. He married her despite their huge age gap and indifferences. Despite the fact that he had no idea about women. He was a fool for believing she married him because of love. He was

He suddenly asked, "You're okay with that?" Fair enough. If this were the past, I probably would've lost control on the spot, demanding an answer. So many ugly moments in our marriage had come from my losing control, even though every one of those moments was caused by him. I wore a small smile. "Of course. It's just a ceremony." After a long silence, Lawrence spoke again on his own initiative. "How about this? In a few days, I'll take you to the old town nearby to relax." I looked down at the countdown on my phone.Ten more days until the entire divorce process is finalized.

I unlocked the door, got my large purse and left without a good night, he didn’t deserve it. I’m literally trapping myself in a loveless marriage, in say five ten years time, I’ll be a different person, it wouldn’t hurt to to leave my options open.

It wasn't expensive, but it was thoughtful—a necklace in a style I liked. I forced a smile, but my chest ached. In our marriage, kindness was rare; small gestures always seemed to foreshadow deeper hurt. That night, I couldn't sleep. Secretly, I checked his phone. Pinned at the top was his first love, Carla Davidson. Carla: [I'm coming back to the country.] Just one sentence, yet it sentenced our ninth marriage to death. I opened another message—a conversation between Jake and a friend. [Alison is really great. Don't leave this time. Weren't you going to forget Carla?]

I picked up the cup slowly, taking one sip before finally looking directly at him. “Let me start first.” He nodded quietly. Honestly, what happened between us nearly six years ago, when I left you… leaving that marriage was the best decision of my life.” He looked down briefly. “I’m serious,” I continued calmly. “Leaving you, leaving the Ashton family, leaving that country… all of it was the best thing I ever did for myself.” My voice wasn’t shaking. That surprised even me. “It was hard,” I admitted. “God knows it was hard. But I survived it. And not only did I survive it, I built a life afterward. A good one.”

I wouldn't cling to something that was never mine. "Okay," I whispered. "Goodbye, Adam. Forever." Leaving wasn't easy. The twelve-hour drive I'd made with frantic hope and excitement now felt like a lifetime ago. We had been married just a short time when he was called back to the city for work. He had promised to quit, to move in with me. I didn't want that; his job at the museum was his passion, his connection to his mother. It was the only reason I ever told him not to quit.

So I told them part of the truth. “It wasn’t a good marriage,” I began. “It was… empty. Loveless. He was never really there. I didn’t feel like we were in an actual marriage, it was just titles,systems and rule, I didn’t feel loved.” Nana’s face fell, and she reached out to hold my hand. Robin’s mother sat quietly, listening. “I stayed as long as I could,” I continued. “But it became too much. So I left.” They were both quiet for a while.

It’s like I’m watching a silent film, detached from reality. ‘How can this be happening?’ I think back to our perfect two years of marriage. Every moment, every smile, every kiss. I remember how perfect it all seemed, how Jason and I were the envy of the packs even though my parents were against the marriage from the start, but I didn’t listen. I thought love would be enough, that our bond was unbreakable. But now, here I am, standing in a room full of people, while the man I love announces he’s leaving me for someone else. I can’t believe it. I won’t believe it.

he heaved a sigh, his gray eyes darker and watery. “I did everything because I was tired. But right after I thought everything was finally good between us, I realized that it wasn’t. I was even looking forward to waking up with you in my arms, just like the old times, but who was going to prepare me for what I was about to witness? I woke up alone…because you left…like you did nine years ago,” he shut his eyes tightly, “you left Lillian, you abandoned me like you did nine years. Upon everything, I pleaded with you, I told you never to leave me again, and you told me I was the one pushing you away. I believed you because I know I never let us talk, and I told myself that I will not do that ag

I would be right back where I had been at nineteen. He wanted to erase me from my own life… with nothing. “You’re joking,” I murmured. “No,” he replied coldly. “It’s best for both of us.” “For both of us?” I looked up at him, letting out a humorless laugh. “You’re leaving me with absolutely nothing after ten years. And on our wedding anniversary.” “You knew from the beginning it was a marriage of convenience.”