My Husband Said He Needed to Sleep Alone… But Strange Noises Coming from His Room Told a Different Story -

I stared at him.

That excuse again.

“James,” I whispered, “you’ve never hurt me in your sleep.”

“I could.”

“But you haven’t.”

He pushed back from the table. “I don’t want to fight.”

Of all the things he could have said, that hurt the most.

Because I didn’t want to fight either.

I wanted him to trust me.

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The Worst Night