“Well, since I spent time with you back then, I always thought about how this relationship would go in the future,” Arsene began, his voice steady but laced with vulnerability. “I even doubted that you truly wanted to marry me if I decided to divorce Sylvia. You’re the most independent, fearless woman I’ve ever met. Sometimes I always doubted whether you needed me or not. Sometimes in certain situations, I felt afraid when I was with you. You looked like you were shining brightly, but when I was with you, I felt like I was the one blocking that light,” he explained at length.
Raellyn only gave a brief smile and closing her eyes momentarily, accepting Arsene’s honest explanation and simply taking it in.
“You made the right choice,” she finally said. “Going back to your wife was the right
