Chapter 1909

Her lips quivered, no words forthcoming.

He released her hand with gentle resignation.

Frustration gnawing at him, he longed for a smoke.

Finally, he spoke, his voice a calm veneer.

“Cecilia, I’ve wronged you, I know.

And I feel your resentment.

I’ve lived these years, risking everything for you, our kids.

I’ve earned your coldness, but I’m aging, Cecilia.

I wanna do everything to care for you and our family while I still can.

I fear

His gaze held her.

vitality contrasted his concealed fear of

her see the insecurity shadowing his

fear that standing next to her, he’d

her,

Cecilia’s heart sank.

to forgive him, to grasp his

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But she couldn’t.

in tears, unaware Mark mirrored her

relationship was a tangle of rights and wrongs, perhaps misguided

then on,

ceased his overtures, kept abreast of her life only through

career moves, social life, unsuccessful blind

thanks to the kids,

wasn’t sure if it

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