Lira pov
We stood there still, staring at each other like strangers who had just met.
I didn’t know what to say.
“I’m not ready to divorce, I’m ready to make things right”
Damian's voice echoed in my head again.
Why now?
Why did he say it now, when everything had already been planned, when we’d both silently agreed this was how it would end?
I swallowed hard, my mouth felt dry.
“Why?” I finally asked, my was voice barely above a whisper. “Why now?”
Damian didn’t speak immediately. His eyes were on me, but I couldn’t read them.
He looked like he wanted to say a hundred things but didn’t know where to begin.
“Because…” he started, then paused, searching for words. “Because I’ve wronged you, and I have made you go through a lot.”
I stared at him.
He stepped a little closer. Not t
