Chapter 49: New rule

My ride arrived after a few minutes, and I bid farewell to Vivian and told him to wish me luck. Knowing Cecil, she wouldn’t take the news well. A breakup would be the last thing she would accept, especially after everything she had been through, but this was for the best.

It is better to break up now than when we are married. As long as Imela was here, I would never belong entirely to another, not really. Admitting it to myself was the first step out of confusion.

Cecil deserved a better man—a man who would take her and all the love she had to give seriously.

The car came to a stop, and I got down and paid. I walked into the house, and there was an opera theme playing.

That was the first.

I made my way further in, dragging myself as usual to the door and opened it. I stepped in and found Cecil seated on the bed, sobbing, and Chloe Reid, her mother, seated beside her, patting her back and consoling her.

My stomach turned, but not in a good way. I didn't get along with the Reids as