your wife?”
He lowered his head.
“Yes.”
“Because you were afraid I wouldn’t find you attractive anymore?”
He nodded.
And suddenly, the absurd truth hit me.
We had both spent months hiding from exactly the same fear.
PART 3
I sat beside Jeffrey on the bed.
“I need to confess something too.”
His head lifted immediately.
“For the last five months, I’ve been standing in front of mirrors hating everything I see. I convinced myself you stayed because you felt sorry for me. I kept waiting for the day you
