Chapter 40

For the first time, Eden did not think that Bennett was doing this to punish her. He looked genuinely distressed about something and she knew it was related to the reason why he had stopped himself from taking things too far with her. She realized that he was offering her an explanation, which is exactly why she had come to him in the first place.

Eden decided to set aside her pride. She did feel humiliated that Bennett was the one who had initiated the whole thing, once before in the car and now in the hotel room and that he was the one who had stopped it too. She knew it was not the right time to get angry over it, she had to hear why Bennett was so conflicted over being with her.

“Okay, I’ll try to understand,” said Eden, softly.

Bennett took a sigh. “You know that we had an agreement about having a divorce in 4-5 years. We are to go our separate ways, live our own lives, and get to choose what we want in life. Neither of us wanted to get married to each other in the first place.