All Chapters of Loving You Is My Greatest Mistake : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Amelia's PovThe first thing Maxwell Anderson did after sleeping with me was turn his back without saying a single word, leaving me staring into the darkness while wondering whether a marriage without love could still be called a marriage.I quietly climbed out of bed after his breathing became steady because cleaning away the evidence of another loveless night had become a habit I performed more often than receiving affection from the man I called my husband.The mirror reflected a woman I barely recognized anymore because the bright, ambitious jewelry designer who once dreamed of conquering the world had disappeared years ago, leaving behind nothing except Amelia Anderson, the obedient wife who spent every day waiting for love that never came.I stood beneath the shower until the hot water washed away every mark he had left on my body, yet nothing could remove the unbearable emptiness living inside my heart because Maxwell had always shared my bed while giving his heart to another w

Amelia's Pov The morning sunlight poured through the apartment window, warming the small living room with a quiet comfort that the enormous Anderson mansion had somehow never given me throughout five miserable years of marriage.The apartment was modest, the furniture was old, and the walls carried faint cracks from years of neglect, yet every breath I took inside that unfamiliar place felt lighter than the countless mornings I had spent trapped inside a mansion where nobody had ever treated me like family.Lily was still sleeping peacefully on the narrow bed after another exhausting day inside the hospital, and watching her finally rest without crying in her sleep made every difficult decision feel completely worthwhile.I gently tucked the blanket around her tiny body before kissing her forehead because I silently promised myself that nobody would ever make my daughter question her worth again.The first thing I did after leaving the Anderson mansion was block every member of the A

Chapter five I wasn't attending Margaret Anderson's birthday banquet because I still wanted to be part of the Anderson family, and I certainly wasn't attending because Maxwell expected another obedient wife to quietly stand beside him while everyone pretended our marriage remained perfectly normal.I attended for one reason alone.Lily deserved to see her grandmother before I permanently walked away from the Anderson family, and after tonight, I no longer intended allowing anyone inside that mansion to decide my worth.Lily was still resting inside the hospital after another difficult night, and leaving her behind filled my heart with guilt, although her doctor repeatedly assured me that she would remain under careful observation until I returned.Before leaving my apartment, I gently kissed her forehead while she continued sleeping peacefully."I'll come back soon, sweetheart, because Mommy still has one last thing to finish."My phone vibrated before Maxwell's message appeared acro