Chapter21:

Chapter 21 EVA POINT OF VIEW  I couldn't remember the last time Max really talked to me. Like, actually talked not just those cold little orders he'd throw my way. These days, he mostly pretended I wasn't even there. Every morning, I'd wake up hoping today would be different, that maybe he'd finally look at me the way he used to. But nope. Just more silence. Tonight was his grandfather's party, and Max had made it crystal clear what he wanted from me to fake it. Put on a big smile and act like we were this amazing, perfect couple that everyone thought we were. Pretty messed up, right? That's basically my whole life now just pretending. Pretending to be this happy wife when inside I'm falling apart. Pretending I'm tough when really, I just want to cry. Pretending this marriage isn't slowly killing me inside. I sneaked a look at Max while he was getting ready. There he was, messing with his tie in the mirror, doing that thing where he looks everywhere except at me. I had so many things I