Jaxen POV
“That…”
For once, I had no answer.
Everything I’d done before, all those decisions I’d made without thinking about the consequences, had somehow come back around and landed at my feet.
I thought I could control everything.
I couldn’t.
Once someone’s trust was gone, getting it back wasn’t something money could fix.
And I knew better than to blame anyone else for that.
I had done this to myself.
“I did that because I didn’t want to divorce you. I wasn’t thinking clearly, and I lost control. I promise I won’t make the same mistakes again.”
I raised my hand, almost as if I were taking an oath.
“Please believe me.”
The look on her face made me wonder if she’d just watched a stranger walk into her apartment wearing my face.
“You really are Jaxen, right?”
She looked me up
