Louise
Matthew sighs. “From that day on, she started comparing me to her ex-boyfriends every now and then. Steve would never say no to me. Ethan would never leave me home alone. Leo would paint portraits of me…’”
“Why didn’t you push back?” Elias asks.
“Because I thought she was right,” Matthew says with a bitter smile. “I do work overtime a lot. I do go on many business trips. I really haven’t been able to give her enough time. She married me because we’re fated mates. And she left your brother for me, remember? I just wanted to prove she hadn’t made the wrong choice.”
I feel a complicated emotion rise in my chest. I used to be just like that — lowering myself into the dust for a love that wasn’t cherished, thinking that if I just tried harder, Charlie would finally look at me.
“She
