Ella stared at Justin’s naked misery on his handsome face. The grief came in tsunami sized waves but she held it together. She walked near him, perched on the couch beside him and touched his forearm. He stiffened and turned away.
Now that Justin knew the truth about Andrea, she feared that he would go back and grieve for her, feel guilty for not trusting her enough. She was happy that he finally got to know the truth because Andrea didn’t deserve to be hated by Justin for the rest of his life.
Whatever she did was out of fear of losing her love. The only mistake she did was to hide her abusive past from Justin.
As much as Ella knew, Justin would have understood Andrea and loved her no matter what, if she had been honest to him right from the beginning. That way she could have taken
