C171 EVERY ALARM BELL IN HIS HEAD WAS RINGING

"If you see me as your wife, you wouldn't have locked me out, Ethan." Elena's voice carried a weight of hurt that made Ethan's chest tighten.

"You would have trusted me and told me what was going on instead of leaving me in the dark like some stranger."

Ethan's face crumpled with guilt, she was right, and they both knew it. In his desperate attempt to protect her