Love Him Better

Chapter 269: Love Him Better Savannah 2 weeks later in Blackwood Manor(1 week since the start of therapy.) Two weeks had passed since I arrived at Blackwood Manor. One week since River and I started what we jokingly—and not so jokingly—called therapy. They say it’s the people closest to you who know you best. Family. Lovers. Partners. The ones who see you every day. For the longest time, I believed that was Roman. And in many ways, it still was. But lately… It felt like River was seeing parts of me I had spent a lifetime avoiding. Ever since our sessions began, truths had been surfacing—quietly, relentlessly. Not accusations. Not attacks. Just questions. Gentle ones. Harmless ones. The kind that slipped past your defenses and lodged themselves somewhere deep, forcing you to sit with them. It felt like I was finally seeing myself through Roman’s eyes. Raw. No filter. And it terrified me. Today, River sat on the bed, legs crossed, a notebook resting loosely in her lap though she