Catharina Maura

Elena can’t stop staring at her engagement ring, and I can’t stop staring at her.

I’m really looking forward to parading you around Matthew, to have him know I’m fucking his sister, that you’re mine.”

It gives me hope, and hope is the most cruel emotion of all

I’ve never been happier than I am today, yet this happiness feels fleeting, and I’m terrified I won’t be able to hold on to it

I can’t take away her control the way so many others in her life have. So I’ll stand back. I’ll let her handle her business, and if she needs me, I’ll be right behind her

None of that broke her. But this did. Love did

My love for her is what prolonged her pain

you end up giving more of yourself than you get back, you’ll end up a shell of yourself, depleted,

Love… it doesn’t listen to reason.”

I turn and walk away, every fiber of my being longing for him to stop me.

He doesn’t