He Called It a “Compromise”—Until My Cats Exposed His True Heart

it,” he repeated. “Right now. This is humiliating.”

“I can’t,” I said before I could stop myself.

His eyebrows lifted. “You can’t.”

“I mean… I don’t want to,” I corrected, because honesty was suddenly all I had left. “It’s already out there. And people are responding. Some are—some are actually helpful.”

“So you’re keeping it up,” he said, voice low, “because continue reading …