117. Long drive

He watched her sip the shake, something he missed all these years. All this distance between them could have been averted if had trusted his wife more than his sister or he had given her the support and care she needed the most when she needed him. He had wasted hell a lot of years, not anymore. He kept his ice cream cup away and dragged her closer.

"I hate myself," he said bluntly. "For not trusting you, for not giving you a chance to explain yourself." Damien said.

Arabella kept looking at him, totally forgetting her shake.

"If you hadn't come back in my life, I don't know how long it would take for me to realize what I was missing. My family was always there to support me during my worst time. I was too adamant to confess it to myself that I wanted my wife not just to nurture our baby, but for me… just for me.."

Arabella's heart thumped.