Separated Rooms for Three Years, He Panicked After I Moved Out Chapter 34

Separated Rooms for Three Years, He Panicked After I Moved Out Chapter 34

He gave a bitter smile.

“Chloe fell in love with the Briar Pierce I was when I was eighteen. The boy who was impulsive, who skipped class, who would drive all over the city to buy her a cake.”

“But that version of me doesn’t exist anymore.”

“In the three years I lived with you, I changed. I started wanting to come home on time. I started paying attention to the little things. I started learning another person’s habits and preferences.”

“But I changed for you, not for her.”

“She wanted the boy who was frozen in time at eighteen. But I’m not him anymore.”

“In the two months we were together, we fought almost every day. She complained that I wasn’t romantic enough, and I couldn’t stand that she didn’t understand the way I lived.”

“She didn’t know why I sorted my shirts by color, or why I was used to drinking warm water.”

“Because those weren’t my habits. They were ours. They were habits you left behind.”

As he said these words, his eyes remained red-rimmed.

But he didn’t look away. He just held my gaze.

“Marceline, I know I have no right to ask for your forgiveness.”

“But I need you to know.”

“I was so stupid. I had you, and I didn’t know how to cherish you. It was only after I lost you that I realized you were the most important person in my life.”

I lowered my head and stared at the grilled eel on my plate. I didn’t speak for a long time.

After a while, I lifted my head and looked at him.

“Briar, are you finished?”

“…Yes.”

“Then it’s my turn.”

“Okay.”

“You spent three years hurting me, and then you spent two months learning how to cherish someone.”

“But the man who learned that lesson wasn’t my husband anymore. By then, you were Chloe’s husband.”

“What are you trying to prove by telling me all this?”

“That you’ve finally grown up? That you finally realize how good you had it?”