The atmosphere in the house had turned into a frozen wasteland. We were at a stalemate, living like two ghosts haunting the same hallways, neither of us speaking, neither of us daring to engage. Every time I saw Eric, my heart didn't flutter; it ached with a dull, throbbing resentment.
I had been so incredibly wrong. I had let myself fall for the same man who had shattered me five years ago. I was a fool, Autumn. For god’s sake, five years ago, I was just a body to him—a s*x toy to be used and discarded once the thrill was gone. What made me think anything had changed? He didn’t love me. He just needed a convenient wife to manage his home, look after his child, and provide a warm bed for him.
If he truly saw me as someone worth marrying, would he have shoved his mother’s old ring on my f
