Chapter 58

LYDIA’S POV

This had to be the worst kind of punishment.

Not yelling. Not fighting. Not even the insults.

No. This… this was worse.

Being trapped in the same house with him. Watching him choose someone else. Listening to it. Imagining it. Feeling it.

A broken sob slipped past my lips as I curled tighter into myself on the bed, my pillow damp beneath my face.

I couldn’t do this. I couldn’t. With sh