Clara
I didn't think it was going to affect me so much. I thought that after the scene on the avenue I would go home, take off my heels, pour myself a glass of wine and analyze everything with the coldness that has cost me so much to learn.
But no. That night I didn't sleep well.
Every time I closed my eyes I saw his expression, Ethan out of control, Ethan without calculation, Ethan with fear.
I had never seen him like this before. For me. Not even the day we signed the divorce. And that... That stirred up something I thought was buried.
What hit me the most was not that he changed his number. It was the reason.
"When you adopt that calm... You've already made up your mind."
He knew me, he still knew me. And that disarmed me more than any apology.
For months I repeated to myself th
