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I tried to help Mia step onto the table, but she pushed my hand away.
"I can do it," she said, not meeting my eyes.
Since she moved in with me a week ago, it's been like this. We're roommates, living in peace. But she doesn't let me touch her.
She's polite, sure. But she keeps her distance. Her eyes hold the same pain I saw the day she left me. She hasn't given me an inch.
Still, she agreed to be close. To share a home. To co-parent our kid together, whatever that means.
I know what it means. I want her by my side. Not just as the mother of my child. As my partner. My lover.
My wife.
She refused my ring. But she kept it anyway. And she promised to think about my proposal.
It's a start. Not as close as I want us to be, but I'll take it. I f****d up in so many ways. I steppe
