From Blame to Beloved

at night. He didn't come

ked exhausted. Dark circles hung under his eyes, and his expensive suit wa

aid, his voice flat. He avoided my g

asped together to stop them

e board is meeting tomorrow. They need your signature to approve the new R&D budget.

my voice barely a whi

eyes cold and assessing. "A

had commented on my appearance. For

little tir

a hand to my mouth as my body shook. When I pulled my hand a

n unchanged. "See a doctor if yo

as a command, an inconven

," I pr

to pick up a few things for Chloe. The hospital room is so st

voice small. "I'l

d left me a significant portion of it, a fact that had always been a source of tension between Liam and hi

saw another paper underneath it, a brochure from a law firm specializing in estate planning. I had been researchi

iving room, Liam was on

suddenly warm, gentle. It was a voice he never used wi

d in my stomach. He

a word of thanks. His eyes scanned the room, landing on the bookshelf. "Sh

one. Our wedding photo was on the same shelf, a framed pic

him pack away pieces of a life that had never belonge

ull of a box of Chloe's things, his

body go rigid. "W

ansforming from alarm to

t a choked laugh, a sound of pure relief. "I

ne in the suffocating silence, the hole in my life growing wider