“How can you smile so happily at another man when you love me so much?”

“I said, don’t push me. Nathan, every time I hurt you, you forced me to do it.”

Nathan sneered. “You’ve got to tell me what I forced you to do. Or, tell me how many other hurtful things you could have done to me.”

“Will you leave here if I tell you?”

“Go ahead.”

“I did love you,” Crystal said, staring at him. “But no matter how strong a feeling it is, it can’t hold up against time. My love for you is fading.”

Nathan was obviously hurt. Under his eyes was an expression of...