Twelve years I lived with him as his wife, but when I asked to marry me, he laughed and said, “It’s just a piece of paper.” … I didn’t argue, but what he saw the next morning in the kitchen, for the first time made him really scared that he could lose me.

I just wanted him to officially choose me after twelve years of living together.

In the middle of the dinner, I calmly suggested that it might finally be time to organize a small wedding ceremony.

Daniel’s facial expression changed instantly.

He put the fork and laughed.

I still remember that laugh.

It wasn’t the laughter of a loving man.

It was the laughter of a man who was absolutely certain that I would never leave him.

I’ll never marry you, Sarah.

For a few seconds I just looked at him, unable to say a word.

He leaned back on the back of his chair and shrugged.

And then he said something that made me realize: all these twelve years I lived in an illusion.
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Marriage is just a meaningless piece of paper. He doesn’t change anything. If you need a legal contract to feel safe, that’s your problem, not mine.