"What?" she whispered, her voice barely audible.
Benedict's gaze remained fixed on her, his expression unreadable. "We're getting a divorce, Mariana. It's over."
The news hit her like a physical blow, a shockwave that left her reeling. The world around her seemed to tilt, the walls of the hospital room closing in, suffocating her with the weight of his words.
"But... but why?" she stammered, her voice trembling. "What happened? We were... we were happy."
He sighed, a weary sound that seemed to carry the weight of a thousand unspoken words. "We weren't happy, Mariana. Not for a long time. We've been living a lie, pretending everything was okay. But it wasn't."
His words were like daggers, piercing her heart, each syllable a fresh wound. She felt a cold dread creep into her bones, a sen
