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but I know
differently.” Lily took his hand in hers. They’d gone through so much together. The children, the business world, and the media. The
press didn’t like her because she refused to get drawn into their world. She
loved her husband and was more than happy being a mother and wife. The
corporate world wasn’t for her.
    She recalled the betrayal she had felt when
he’d called in a few favours to get her a recording contract. He really
believed she had a decent voice. Lily loved singing, but doing it for a living,
she didn’t want to do.
    Why was it so hard for people to believe she
was happy with her life?
    Lily got off the couch. She wanted to be with
him, but sexually she’d gone off. There was too much between them to allow sex
to interfere.
    “Where are you going?”
Wayne
asked.
    “I can’t do this.” She gathered his shirt from
the floor and put it on before walking into the kitchen.
    He followed her in after putting on a pair of
briefs. She was thankful for him covering up.
    Lily opened the fridge and pulled out some
bacon and eggs before going into the pantry to grab a tin of tomatoes. Cooking
always helped to clear her mind. Her hand shook as she snipped some bacon into
a frying pan. She glanced at her wedding ring. The small ring suddenly felt so
heavy on her finger. She never thought her wedding band would feel so odd on
her finger.
    “Don’t,” he said, covering her hand with his.
    She pulled away from his touch to wash her
hands. While the bacon sizzled she put the oven on to heat up.
    “I’m not leaving you again, Lily. I swear.” He
came up behind her. She saw his reflection in the glass of the oven.
    “I don’t know that,
Wayne
. I don’t know anything anymore.”
    She moved away from him to open up the can of
tomatoes and poured them into the pan. Lily stirred the tomatoes adding some
salt and pepper.
    What was wrong with her? She felt odd. In the
past
Wayne
always made it up to her.
    Why did she doubt him?
    You never
expected him to leave you. You always put your faith in him, and he ruined it
by leaving you.
    Lily shook her head. When the pan bubbled with
the sauce she cracked two eggs into the dents she’d made in the sauce, then transferred it to the oven.
    “Lily, stop and talk to me,” he said.
    She glanced at him and then at her ring.
    “You gave me this ring and told me to sign a
prenuptial agreement that pretty much sold my soul to the devil. I was
blackmailed by the Beast.” She chuckled recalling the way he’d been when she
was twenty-one and her family were in need of money.
    “Lily,” he said. She didn’t wait for him to add
more.
    “But you were so sweet and loving. I know we’ve
had our ups and downs over that recording deal and stuff. When are you going to
realise that all I want is a family? How can I be any clearer? You didn’t ruin
my life then, and yet now in one move, you did.”
    And she knew it was down to his one move that
made her so hesitant.
    “I don’t know what to say to make it up to you,”
he said.
    Lily wasn’t listening. She removed her
engagement ring and wedding band.
    “Don’t do this, Lily.”
    She shook her head.
    “I think we need to do this.” Lily took his
hand and opened up his palm. “This is not a divorce. I love you, Wayne, with
all my heart. I want you to take these as I have a solution.”
    Lily smiled as she thought about the problem
between them. They were happy together, and she didn’t want to lose any of
that. She gave a little chuckle as he squeezed them in his palm.
    “I don’t want to take these from you, Lily. I
made a mistake.”
    “And you can rectify it. You feel you rushed
things between us, right?” she asked.
    He nodded his head. She knew he hated admitting
it. Their romance wasn’t the most conventional, even though she loved the
possessive way he’d claimed her. He’d seen her, wanted her, and then found
every means to try to claim her for his own.
    “What do you want me to do?” he