EPOV

I love hunting.

Because when I am doing that, my focus is totally on my target.

But today that was not the case.

I couldn't focus at all.

I shouldn't have skipped the dinner.

I realized I shouldn't have come like this.

This was a sign of a coward, who runs from his responsibilities.

And my wife was my responsibility, whether I would want to accept it or not.

I ran away from the dinner.

I decided that I didn't want love to distract me from achieving my goals.

Then how exactly I was different from my father?

He married my mother, just like I married Isabella.

He never loved my mother, just like, I am planning not to fall in love.

He never thought about how his actions would affect my mother, just like I am not thinking about Isabella.

In marriage, one person can't take all the decisions.

My father did that.

I am not going to repeat his mistakes.