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< p > teaspoon fell out of my hand and hit the countertop.

< p > — What did you say ?

< p > — I have never loved you.

< p > He looked at me calmly, as if M & Amp; Oacute; Waled with the weather.

< p > he did not see b & oacute; lu, which & oacute; ry asked me.

< p > He did not see how in a moment my life fell into dust.

< p > forty years.

< p > forty years < p > wedding, birth of children, removals, diseases, coffee mockery, quiet evenings in front of the TV.

< p > Is it all a lie ?

< p > — Why is it to me now m & oacute; wsz ? — I asked quietly.

< p > sighed heavily.

< p > — Because in the end I want to be honest.

< p > honest.

< p > after forty years ?

< p > I remember how I used to be M&P; Oacute; that I was his love.

< P > I remember his warm hands, which & oacute; re < p > I remember how we cried together when his mother died.

< p > It was all a game ?

< p > was he with me of mercy ?

< p > — So what is all this ? — I whispered.

< p > — Because it was easier.

< p > these words hurt me more than anything else.

< p > I was convenient for him.

< p > I have never been love.

< p > I did not beg, I did not cry.

< p > I didn't shout.

< p > I just got up and went to the door.

< p > — Where are you going ? — asked.

< p > — To life that was not a lie.

< p > because he may never love me.

< p > but I loved myself too much to go on in this lie.

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116