Chapter 30: This marriage can’t be fixed.
"Happy?" Zara snapped, her voice trembling with rage. Whatever control she had left was shattered completely.
After five years of cold treatment, neglect, and a divorce proposal, he thought a few soft words would fix everything, that she’d suddenly forget the heartbreak. She hadn’t forgotten a thing— The cold dinners alone, the empty birthdays, his indifference, the cruel way he spoke to her.
She still remembered the words that crushed her spirit once. She had already lost everything once, including her life. But not this time. In this life, she was determined to stay away from him and protect her child at all costs.
"A few words won’t erase what you did. I’ve accepted the truth—this marriage can’t be fixed. So why drag it out? If it’s Zane you are worried about, I’ll talk to him. He’ll understand."
At the mention of Zane, Nathaniel flinched. He had seen how crushed Zane was when Zara couldn’t join them at the amusement park. Even though Nathaniel had tried his best to keep things light, Zane kept bringing her up—how much fun she would have had, how she would have laughed on the rollercoaster, what she would have said when he got ice cream on his nose.
It was obvious. Zane loved her deeply. She had become part of his world, his comfort.
The thought of tearing that away from him had shaken Nathaniel. It was that very fear, the undeniable bond between Zara and Zane, that made him reconsider everything. Maybe he had looked at this marriage as a burden. Maybe there was no love. But there was something real, something worth saving it for Zane’s sake.
"I told you before...Don’t talk to Zane about this. I mean it. He is too young to understand. Don’t put that weight on him."
Zara chuckled, her blood boiling over. She couldn’t wrap her head around Nathaniel’s sudden change. The same man who had once shoved divorce papers at her now wanted to talk about second chances.