That night, when we arrived at Adrian's home, he gave me the master bedroom and took the guest room himself.
He handed me a set of keys.
"Willa, I didn't marry you to take advantage of you. I wanted to give you somewhere you could breathe.
"You don't have to force yourself to do anything before you're ready."
I held the keys in my hand.
My phone kept buzzing.
Every message was from Julian.
Then one from Stella appeared.
Stella: Julian is having a really hard time. He's had too much to drink. Can you come check on him?
In the past, a message like that would have sent me running.
But this time, I gave her only a brief reply.
Willa: None of my business.
Then I blocked her.
After that, Julian began appearing around me constantly.
He sent flowers.
He brought meals.
He waited do
