Dust in the Lonely Night

[Love at first sight + years of secret love + calculating yet insecure + humble devotion + marriage first, love later]

He secretly laid the groundwork, plotted for years, and spent a decade just so he could tell her to her face, “You were always meant to be mine.”

Their lives were intertwined in every way. She had been in three relationships, and he had been part of every one.

But she had never paid him any mind, all because of his lie: “I don't expect much from love.”