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.

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

wasn't the kind of relief I'd hoped for. It was more like a release from a prison I'd built for myself,

desk, running a hand through my hair.

and now she knew the truth. The truth that I had kept from her, hoping she could live a life free of me, free of the

just like how I still couldn't forget her. Even after all these years. Even after everything that happened between

I hated

was worse than that. I was unloving, selfish. I had convinced myself that I was doing the best I could, but deep down,

from Astrid was the right

had ended up in a marriage

deserve Astrid. Not after

looked at me today, I saw it in

After all the times let her down, left her in

How could she still look at me like I was

made the guilt claw at me, deep and relentless. I didn't deserve her love. I had

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

had ruined her. I had broken her, piece by piece, and all the while, I had

her a chance at happiness-a chance to build a life

she hadn't been happy, had

could see the truth in her eyes, the same truth I had been running from all these