Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 278: Unforgettable Love

Killian's POV

I walked into my office, the door closing with a soft thud behind me, and for a moment, I just stood there in the silence.

The conversation I'd just had with Astrid echoed in my head like a storm that wouldn't settle.

It was as if the weight I'd been carrying for years had finally been lifted off my shoulders, but in its place

was something else a heaviness that sank deeper into my chest, pressing down like a weight I couldn't escape.

I had told her. After all this time, I had finally told her the truth.

The truth I'd buried for years, the one I thought would protect her. The truth that I never loved Giselle-not

in the way a man should love his wife. That everything I did, I did for my son.

I had tried to be a good father, to keep the family intact for him, even though every day felt like I was living a lie.

Astrid finally knew that now.

had pushed her away, why I had tried to convince myself that leaving her behind

hoped for. It was more like a release from a prison I'd built for myself, only to realize I'd

behind my desk, running a hand through my hair. The office felt suffocating, like the walls were closing

that I had kept from her, hoping she could live a life free

forget her. Even after

hated myself

was worse than that. I was

the picture - when she got pregnant - I told myself that walking away from Astrid was the right thing to do. That by building a

me? I couldn't even remember how it had happened - how I had ended up in a marriage that felt like a prison, with a child I loved but

Not after

yet, when she looked at me today, I saw it in her eyes-she still had feelings for

caused her. After all the times let her down, left her in

still care for me after everything I'd put her through? How could

at me, deep and relentless. I didn't deserve her love. I had never

my chair, closing my eyes and rubbing my temples, the weight of it all crushing me

piece, and all the while, I had told

by pushing her away, I was giving her a chance at happiness-a chance to build a life

been happy, had

truth I had been running from all these years. I had done this. I had made