Her Heart's Silent Divorce

y I hadn' t felt since my wedding day. But t

ine since she left. He dusted shelves, changed the sheets, and even bought a new vase for f

. Every laugh from downstairs felt like a taunt. I was an outsider i

kitchen for a glass of water, th

o brightly. "Liam and I are heading to the airpo

t even look at me properly. His focus was on t

my throat too

d, his voice lowering into a warn

greet the girl who had broken their hearts

I heard the front door open, foll

ks exactly the same!" a hi

walked out of the kit

he was. Sar

eyes, blonde hair that fell in perfect waves around her shoulders. She

verything

ere cold and assessing. Then, the mask slipped

ss. She let go of Ethan' s arm and glided towards me. "It' s so

ody barely touching mine, but it felt suffocating. Her

e home," she whispered in m

iam, her eyes wide and wet with unshed tea

ed emotion on his face that I had never seen hi

," he

am on the back. "See? A

stories of her time away, painting herself as a victim who had overcome incredible od

e, meaningless question. "Chloe, do you like liv

to the boys. "I remember when Liam and I

, she reinforced her own place in this fam

d to cough, a delicate,

dry," she said, putti

his feet. "I' ll get y

rd knot forming in my stomach. Just yesterday, he had

ixteen, and I had a terrible case of the flu. I was burning up,

. "Get it yourself. I

of the stairs. Liam had found me there. He hadn' t helped me up. He ha

e. I had to crawl bac

kitchen, a glass of water held ou

ing against his. "Thank you,

oked at him from under her lashe

looked away, a small, p

. This was how it was supposed to be. This was h

ator. A foreign object

followed me into the kitchen as I

of her?" he asked, lean

I expected," I said

t and tried to touch my arm. "Chloe, come on.

dn' t control. The memory of his past indifference, contra

," I said, my vo

is your problem? Can' t you just be happy for

I corrected h

never understand. To him, my pain was an inconvenie

before she even walked back through that door. And looking at Liam' s angry, confused fa