"Sophia, stop with the baseless accusations! Amelia would never betray me, not even in death."
For a brief moment, the room fell into a stunned silence. His words yanked my thoughts back to the past, to that third year of our relationship. The car accident. I had thrown myself in harm’s way to shield him from the wreckage, nearly losing my own life. I still remembered the tears in his eyes as he scolded me, begging me to never be so reckless again.
"Why did you do it?" he had asked, broken and scared.
"Because I love you. I couldn’t stand to see you hurt."
And now, all that love had been taken for granted. Daniel knew I loved him more than life itself, and he had been testing my limits ever since. But today, he had gone too far.
The tension thickened as Daniel finally relented, standing up with a sneer. "Fine, I’ll call her! I’ll expose her lies for what they are. Ryan, you’ll see soon enough. She’ll be begging for forgiveness."
He dialed my number with confidence, fully expecting me to answer, but all he got was silence. Call after call, only the hollow sound of beeps echoed back at him.