This story is inspired by real events from my personal life. The emotions of waiting, loving, hoping, and enduring are genuine and come from my own experience. However, this is still a work of fiction. Some scenes, dialogues, timelines, and situations have been changed, rearranged, or added for creative purposes.
The characters in this story are fictional representations created to express real emotions and memories. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended to harm or expose anyone.
This story contains themes of long-term waiting, emotional pain, heartbreak, longing, and unfulfilled promises. It reflects the reality of loving someone deeply and holding on to hope for many years. Reader discretion is advised.
As the author, I share this story not to accuse or blame, but to express the feelings I have carried in my heart for eight years and counting. This is a story of love, patience, and the quiet strength of someone who continues to wait.
Thank you for reading with understanding and respect.
Valeria didn't rush.
She never did.
Inez was pinned beneath her, wrist locked overhead, the hold precise and impersonal. Not pain. Control.
Inez scoffed anyway.
"That's it?" she sneered. "I've had tutors scarier than you."
Valeria said nothing.
The silence pressed in.
"You don't scare me," Inez added, louder. Brattier. "You just-"
"Enough."
One word. Flat. Final.
Valeria lifted Inez's chin with two fingers, detached as a correction.
"Look at me," she said coolly. "If you're going to embarrass yourself, do it properly."
Inez laughed, brittle.
"You think this makes you powerful?"
"I don't think," Valeria replied. "I decide."
Her gaze never wavered.
"You provoke because it's the last control you have."
"I don't belong to you," Inez snapped.
Valeria leaned in, voice razor-thin.
"You are my wife. You belong to consequences."
She released her grip.
"Say it."
A"No."
Valeria waited.
The quiet broke Inez, she hated being ignored.
"...I'll behave, I'll be a good girl" Inez muttered.
"Specify."
Inez swallowed hard.
"...I'll be your good girl"
Valeria stepped back, already distant.
"Good," she said.
"Remember why."
#1 older women-13th February
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