#Chapter 79 The Tell-All of the Century

It wasn’t any easier to listen to the second time around. “I always thought Pete was just stoic,” Ines's voice quavered as she began her story, “maybe a little socially stunted at worst. I didn’t think he was bad.” She explained how she’d always been told it was her duty to get married and give a man children, and how important it was for her to do it while she was still young enough to draw interest. It was something everyone said, including other Omegas, and it was something she never questioned. Why would she? “If you’re not married by twenty-two, you were an old hag who’d be lonely forever,” Ines explained. “And I didn’t want to die alone. So I convinced myself I love Pete, and walked into that marriage completely naïve. “He didn’t want me leaving the house much, and I told myself it was because he wanted to spend time with me even though we’d spend most of our time in separate rooms. He hated when I’d go out with my friends or family, and I brushed it off as a newlywed A