Everyone knows it, and I know it. It's been proven over and over again. The way she looked at me, the way she stayed, the way she chose me every time…
So maybe, just maybe, she'll come around.
Maybe she'll hate me at first, maybe she'll break, but in the end… she'll understand why I did this.
That's what I keep telling myself.
And the marriage to that so-called Monster Duke, Maddison's idea, I've already convinced myself it's for her own good, too. If Ashley gets thrown into a place like that, if she's forced to face something worse… then she'll see it, won't she?
She'll realize how good she had it with me.
She'll remember.
And when she does… she'll come back. She'll ask me to take her back, to fix things, to...
...to...
Crash!
Before I can even finish that thought...
Bang.
