All Chapters of Blindfolded On My Wedding Night: Chapter 11

From that day on, he seemed like a stranger to me—a person I didn't recognize in the slightest. He treated me like a servant, expecting me to cater to his every whim, and all the while, the things I'd done to Shawn for him became ammunition for his insults. He called me promiscuous, and worse, using my past to drag me through the mud. He wanted me to sell the car that Shawn had given me, to buy him some flashy luxury watch. When I refused, he lost it completely—he laid his hands on me. That was the moment I realized something—Matt hadn't changed. It wasn't that he had become someone else; it was that my status had changed. I wasn't the person he'd once loved anymore. My mother couldn't bear it. She fell gravely ill, and in her final days, she said so many things about Shawn—how he'd always been there for me, how much he cared for me. His love for me was so deep, and I hadn't appreciated it. Instead, I'd taken him for granted, using his love as a safety net, all while I hurt him