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He grabs my shoulders, his grip tight. "What do you want from me? What will it take for you to finally forgive
me?"
| pull away from him, my body shaking with rage and pain. "I don't know, Jayden. Maybe if you stopped trying to
control everything. Maybe if you actually listened tofor once."
"I listen!" he yells, throwing his hands in the air. "But all | hear is you blamingfor everything that's gone
wrong in your life. And I'm sorry for what you had to grow up with, but none of that is my fault."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"I never said it was," | shouted back. "But your mother and Ashlyn made my life hell! You made my life Hell."
Jayden's face falls, and for a moment, | see the hurt in his eyes. But then it's gone, replaced by a cold, hard
mask. "Fine. If that's how you feel, maybe we should just call it quits."
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"Whatever."
"Maybe we were never meant to be." He rakes his hand through his hair. "Maybe you were right all along."
Suddenly | feel like the ground has been ripped out from under me. "You don't mean that." Aren't we supposed to
be able to get through anything together. For better or for worse, that's how marriage is. We can't even survive
engagement it seems.
"Don't I?" he asks, his eyes boring into mine. "Right now, | think we're just too broken to fix."
| shake my head, tears blurring my vision. "No, Jayden. We just need to listen to each other and try to
understand each other. That's all | wanted you to do, understand that | need more tto work through some
things." He steps back, his face a mask of pain and anger. "I need some
air."
Before | can say anything, he storms out of the room, slamming the door behind him. The sound echoes in the
empty house, leaving a deafening silence in its wake as | hear my front door slam shut
| sit on the bed, my heart pounding, tears streaming down my face. How did we get here? How did we go from
being so close today to tearing each other apart? The pain is overwhelming, and | feel like I'm drowning in it.
Eventually, | crawl under the covers, my body shaking with sobs. The night that had started with so much
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As | cry myself to sleep, | can't help but wonder if we'll ever be able to find our way back to each other.
In the silence of the night, with the weight of our argument heavy on my chest, | realize that we have a long way
to go. Trust has been shattered, and wounds that | thought were healing have been ripped open again. And now,
as | lie here alone, | can only hope that tomorrow will bring sclarity, sway to bridge the gap that just
appeared between us.
But for now, all | can do is let the tears flow, hoping that in the morning, we'll find a way to start over. Because
despite everything, | still love Jayden. And | can't imagine my life without him. Maybe | do need help.
Maybe my mental state is a lot more fragile than I've realized.
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