His Knees, His Pleas, But Our Son's in Peace

Chapter 14

I couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh. "So, you'd rather think I was unfaithful? Let me live with that accusation for years? Just to keep me around, to keep the illusion that everything was fine?"

Nathan's voice trembled, his face crumbling under the weight of his

own guilt. "I just wanted you to stay. Even if it meant believing the worst. As long as you stayed.."

His words made my stomach turn. I had fought for years-*years*-to

make him believe in me, to prove my loyalty, and now he tells me he never really cared. It was easier for him to live in doubt than face the truth.

"And what about Sienna?" I asked coldly, crossing my arms. "Wasn't she the one you always said you liked? The one you couldn't stay away from?"

didn't answer, his silence speaking louder than anything. Sienna had been the wedge between us

fight draining out of me. Oliver was gone. No amount of apologies or regret from Nathan could bring him back. He was too late, and all that was left was the hollow shell of a broken

a mess

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Chapter 14

I'll do anything. You want a wedding? I'll give it to you. You

red, raw with guilt and sorrow. It was almost

on countless nights when I had begged him to

love me. But

want," I said, my voice cold

return my family's business to