When Athos finished, he felt that a huge burden was lifted off his heart, and the suffocation was less than before. He patiently waited for Rylee to understand his confession and then speak. He didn't have to wait long, but what he wasn't prepared for was her pain.
"You were my everything. I was ready to lose myself instead of you. That night," she stopped and closed her eyes in despair as her tears flowed.
"That night, I trusted you again, and you called me a w***e. You disrespected my love for you. You treated me worse than a w***e, used me and cast me out. I never hated myself, but that day you made me hate you. I tried to kill myself with this heartbreak."
Athos couldn't believe that night his words had hit her so hard. But he didn't interrupt. This was the only time they were havin
