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.

kept my distance, why I had pushed her away, why

her, I'd feel some kind of relief. And in a way, I did. But it wasn't the kind of relief I'd hoped for. It was more like a release from a prison

the chair behind my desk, running a hand through my hair.

told her, and now she knew the truth. The truth that I had kept from her, hoping she could live a

how I still couldn't forget her. Even after all these

I hated myself for

miserable life when she was married to me. I was a bad husband. No, I was worse than that. I was unloving, selfish. I had convinced myself that I was doing the best I could, but

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

how it had happened - how I had ended up in a marriage

deserve Astrid. Not after everything. I never

when she looked at me today, I saw

still in love with me, after all the pain caused her. After all the times let her down, left her in

I'd put her through? How could she still look at me like I was someone worth holding

me, deep and relentless. I didn't deserve her

my eyes and rubbing my temples, the weight of it all

all

pushing her away, I was giving her a chance at happiness-a

been happy, had

now I could see the truth in her eyes, the same truth I had been running from all these years. I had done this. I had made her