DISCLAIMER

Adrian Velazco never hurt Cathy Ordoñez-not in ways anyone could see.
He didn't need fists when words could scar deeper.

Every time she pulled away, he said she was cold.
Every time she cried, he said she was crazy.
And when she finally spoke up, he made her feel like she ruined everything.

"You pushed me to this, Cathy. You always do."

That was his power-twisting pain into proof, turning her reactions into weapons against her.
While she carried the weight of his wrongs, he walked away clean-wearing the mask of the man who "tried."

But the worst betrayal wasn't his lies.
It was how easily she believed them and how she was shackled by her mind.