Three Years Too Late for Sorry，Just in Time for My Freedom novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4

That night, Nicholas and I slept in separate rooms for the first time ever.

I sat alone on our huge, empty bed.

It reminded me of something Nicholas said on our wedding day.

He promised that no matter how bad we fought, we’d never sleep apart.

He said once you let problems sit overnight, it meant your relationship had broken that couldn’t be fixed.

He wouldn’t let that happen to us.

I quietly turned off the lights.

Around midnight, I felt an arm reach over to my side of the bed.

His warm breath tickled my neck as he was trying to make up with me.

Hey babe, I messed up. I shouldn’t have blown up at you like that. Forgive me?”

just lay there and let him hold me, staring out the window.

Why’d you come in here?”

Nicholas pulled me closer, mumbling against my hair. “You know the rule. We don’t let fights go overnight.”

A tear dropped onto my pillow.

thought I’d figured everything out already.

o why was I wavering just because he said the right thing?

Nicholas started making excuses behind me.

Gabby, Evangeline was driving me crazy at work today. Put me in such a shitty mood that I totally forgot to pick you up something.”

Something twisted in my chest, but I tried to sound casual.

What’d Evangeline do?”

Maybe it was just me, but his voice seemed to get more animated.

She completely botched this super important document. I called her out on it, she got all pissy with me.”

Then she started bawling and having a total meltdown, and then I had to calm her down. God, she’s exhausting sometimes.”

Ialfway through his story, Nicholas seemed to realize I might not like hearing this.

le added some lame excuse.

You know nothing’s going on with me and Evangeline, right?”

rolled onto my back.

Yeah, I know. If there was, you wouldn’t have married me.”

His hand slowly slipped away from my waist.

It came out like a whisper, laced with regret. “Yeah… in the end, I did marry you.”