“Then why?”
He exhaled impatiently.
“Vanessa’s family can help my business grow. They have connections I need. Everything happened quickly.”
I could hardly believe what I was hearing.
“So you chose her because her family has money?”
“Don’t make it sound like that.”
“How should I make it sound, Daniel? Tell me!”
He lowered his voice.
“Amara, I care about you, but I have to think about my future.”
I pressed the phone against my ear as tears ran down my face.
“And what about the future you promised me?”
“I never said you should wait forever.”
His words cut deeper than anything else he had said.
For seven years, he had asked me to wait. Every time I considered leaving, he reminded me that we were building a future.
Now he was pretending that my patience had been my own foolish decision.
“What about the baby?” I asked.
He became silent.
