“Why do you always have to bring that up?” He snapped back, his patience wearing thin. “I’m trying to make this work, but you’re constantly blaming me for everything! I can’t live like this.”
Sarah crossed her arms defiantly. “Maybe if you weren’t so obsessed with your ex-wife, we wouldn’t have these problems! You think I don’t see the way you look at her? You think I don’t know you still care?”
Ethan’s heart sank. “I don’t care about her like that anymore. I chose you, Sarah. I fought for you. But it feels like I’m always the one being punished for it.”
As Sarah stormed into the bedroom, slamming the door behind her, Ethan felt a wave of confusion wash over him. The silence that followed was deafening, and his thoughts drifted to Lily. She had always been so calm and submissive, never
