A Wife's Plight
Yes, because he made her believe in a future where she would never feel abandoned again.
And for a while, the promise felt real.
But now, three years into their marriage, that promise was cracking.
She pressed her palms over her face, trembling. She thought of the girl she had been, nineteen and broken on the asphalt, and the man who had saved her. He had lifted her from blood and pain into a new life. And now he was asking her to bleed again, in a way that no wound could ever truly heal.
Emelia still pressing her palms against her temples, fighting back tears. She could still hear August’s words, broken and desperate.
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