#Chapter 61 - So Now You Care?

Stella The car ride to my apartment is silent. The radio quietly plays in the background but it is drowned out from the ringing that sounds inside my ears. I turn away from Adrian, unable to even look or breathe in his direction. Am I a fool? Have I been tricked this entire time? Has Adrian’s sudden kindness and urge to care for me in my time of need blossomed from a need to be seen as a good husband during our divorce? The thought of being used makes me sick to my stomach. I do not even know why I am so surprised by this revelation. The beginning of our relationship — our marriage — was founded on a contract that had me giving him everything and him giving me nothing. Adrian’s car comes to a sudden halt in the front of my apartment building. I fumble with my seatbelt, my weak hands struggling to unlock it before I reach for the car door. Adrian is quick to the side of me and is already outside of the car when I push the passenger door open. “Stella,” Adrian’s voice carries a