I'm Legal Wife

Amarra Luz ChickLit

Lioren Aves–Dravos once believed that love could heal everything even a man who didn’t know how to feel. Her husband, Rhean Dravos, was respected by many intelligent, responsible, a model father and husband in the eyes of society. But behind the silence of their home lived a truth that slowly drained them, Rhean had no empathy, no guilt, and no fear. He wasn’t violent, but his emotional coldness was enough to bury her spirit.For years, Lioren tried to teach him what warmth meant. She cried, she pleaded, and she hoped. But his eyes never changed not because he didn’t care but because he didn’t know how to care.She loved him and he loved her, too.But their definitions of love were never the same.To Rhean, love meant control, protection, and possession.To Lioren, love meant understanding, peace, and freedom.One quiet night, everything finally broke. Not with shouting but with a choice. She left the house with their three children not out of fear, but out of love. She refused to let them grow up without learning how to feel.Eight years passed. Lioren was reborn as Eryl Saeve, a single mother. Her children carried their scars but learned strength, hope, and emotional clarity. Meanwhile, Rhean lived alone. He never entered another relationship not because he didn’t want to, but because nothing ever felt “right” again.Their paths crossed once more at their eldest son’s graduation. There was no anger, no tears only a distance that could not be crossed. Rhean tried to reconnect but this time, the family chose emotional freedom over attachment. They still loved him but they learned to love him from a distance.During a quiet dinner reunion, Eryl finally spoke the truth he never understood:“I didn’t leave because I stopped loving you.I left because I didn’t want our children to learn your version of love.”And only then did Rhean realize that sometimes,love isn’t proven by staying but by having the strength to walk away for the sake of the ones you love.Time moved on. The family grew not perfectly, but peacefully. And Rhean?He learned to live with silence but this time, he finally felt it.On his desk sits a broken family photo. The frame is cracked—but cleaned and carefully fixed. He no longer tries to bring the past back. He understands now:Even a broken picture can hold a memory of happiness.And for him...that is enough.

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