Chapter 161

"You totally had it coming, being such a jerk." Her tone was sharp and unrelenting. "It was only after I married her and you turned cold on me that I realized—I’m actually in love with you. Don’t you remember? You used to be all obedient around me, did whatever I said without question. Even when I acted distant, you’d still smile at me like nothing was wrong. I got used to that... Then after I got married, you completely flipped. Suddenly it’s all cold shoulders and talk about leaving me. You kept saying I belonged to Fiona, trying to push me away. That’s when it hit me—I hated how it felt. I missed the old you. I wanted you to be sweet and caring again, waiting on me, cooking for me, running me baths like before." Lucian Sterling's confession brought a shimmer of tears to Ariella Rios’s eyes. "So deep down, you’re kinda into the pain, huh?" she said, teary-eyed with a sigh. "I know, right? When you were good to me, I took it for granted. Then when you started being cold, I fell harder