The Unwanted Wife Quotes
"You can't stop me from divorcing you, Sandro."
"Cara, I will do whatever it takes to get what I want from you."
"There'll be no more talk of divorce, Theresa… ever."
"You barely eat enough to keep a sparrow alive."
"You haven’t seen the Neanderthal in me yet, cara."
"Well, I certainly forked out huge amounts of money for you… that feels like ownership to me."
"You may rest assured that whatever I felt for you a year ago is no longer an issue."
"I thought we could have lunch together… go out somewhere. We haven’t done that in a while."
"You would accuse me of something so despicable?"
"I don’t care how ridiculous you think I’m being."
"The sex has always been good between us, Theresa… that’s one thing that’s never been in doubt."
"I’d feel like a hypocrite if I stayed in the master bedroom with you."
"You would deny me, your husband, this basic marital right?"
"What’s to stop me from simply taking what belongs to me?"
"Why did I not know this about you? Just one more thing you never bothered to learn about me."
"You’re feeling sorry for yourself and I’m getting sick of it."
"Everything about me, or to do with me, is pointless to you."
"You’re not just another woman, you’re my wife! You hold a position of great consequence in my life."
"I’ve never met your family, the large and extensive family that means the world to you."
"I know now that I wasn’t the bride you would have chosen for yourself."
"I may not know these things you asked of me, Theresa, but I do know you…"
"I always thought that one day I would make love with my husband."
"I have to go, please tell Rick and Lisa that… No, you stay. This is your family, you are right this is your place and I should not have intruded. I’m sorry…"
"I’m not the one with the personality defect… at least my motives for marrying you were honest; I stupidly believed I loved you."
"It's like putting a band-aid on an amputation!"
"You were misled into believing that I... loved you."
"This is my life. I am married and having a child."
"I'm not the one who has been having the affairs."
"We live in the same house, you're pregnant with my baby and I have no idea how you are."
"The situation is a bit abnormal to say the least, don't you think?"
"I know that this has got to be stressful for you."
"But guess who always wound up getting hurt anyway?"
"Every time you came you practically prayed for me to give you a son."
"Well, I have no aversion to doing a bit of housecleaning," he said, deliberately misunderstanding.
"Any baby except mine, of course," she murmured half-under her breath and he inhaled impatiently, his eyes flaring with fury that he kept contained because of the baby in his arms.
"If you're going to be making asinine comments like that please make them when I have both hands free to throttle the life out of you," he said in the most personable, baby-friendly voice he could manage.
"I don’t understand and I sympathise but that does not change the fact that the person I thought I loved, the man I married in good faith, never existed and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get past that, Sandro."
"I'm sick of doing what I'm told, I'm sick of being your obedient little lapdog… I was happy without your interference in my life these last few months, so I refuse to go back to the way it was before."
"Of course, I know you'd care if anything happens to the baby but I didn’t want to worry you about something that I know is not a big deal."
"You signed away your rights to us before you ever had us," she reminded bitterly and he flinched slightly at her words.
"I understand and I sympathise but that does not change the fact that the person I thought I loved, the man I married in good faith, never existed and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get past that, Sandro."
"We didn't have a real marriage before… You can't possibly be telling me that you want a real marriage now?"
"Fine… but your opinions and input are not encouraged or desired. So you’ll be there as just an observer… A silent observer. I will manage my own health and pregnancy," his jaw clenched in displeasure but he kept his mouth shut and nodded reluctantly.
"I would hate it if he stayed out of some outdated sense of duty… I’m worth more than that, don’t you think?"
"After the fright I got, it was such a relief to feel him moving around in there."
"I know you do," he said fiercely… surging forward. "I know that you like helium balloons and pink gerbera daisies. I know that you like truffles."
"I’ve always wanted you…" He cupped the back of her head in the palms of his large hands and stared intently down into her eyes, trying to convey his earnestness through sheer force of will.
"You’re my family too, Theresa," he suddenly snapped. "And I refuse to leave you here alone."
"I am not going to be your obligation, Sandro. I refuse… go be with your family!"
"You make my family miserable! You take my grandson and keep him away from his family, keep him away from his dying father... you nothing but selfish."
"I’m tired, Sandro," she finally whispered after a long pause, sending a pointed glance down at the restraining hand he had on her elbow. His grip tightened slightly before he reluctantly released her and stepped back to allow her to proceed up the stairs.
"Don’t you see, Theresa? I wanted to be with you!"
"I’m sorry," she said softly. "I didn’t mean to make this more difficult; I just thought that you were staying out of some misguided sense of honour and obligation. I would hate that, Sandro. I would hate for you to stay and then if the… the worst happened… you would blame me because you couldn’t be there at his side."
"You’re so beautiful," he whispered gently. "The most beautiful thing in my life. I don’t want to leave you here. Not now."
"I can take care of myself. And to be honest, having you here when you should be with your family, will simply add to my stress."
"Promise me that you’ll eat well," Sandro urged.
"You and I will make our own lives, darling," she promised. "And we’ll be so happy. Just you wait and see."
"Thank you for giving me everything I never knew I wanted."
"I’m stronger than you’ll ever know, father," she smiled serenely. "Years of constant rejection from the people you love can leave you with pretty tough skin."
"This life I’ve built with you, it’s the only one that matters to me anymore."
"Trust me, there’s no greater punishment for someone like her."
"The urge to come back was so strong that I actually ordered a car to take me to the airport after one of our awkward little conversations."
"Into the wall, up the wall, over the wall, whatever. It was driving me crazy."
"He told me he loved me… about a month ago. And he’s said it every day since."
"You were never far from my thoughts while I was out of the country."
"I love you with all my heart, Theresa and I want to marry you."
"The vineyard is yours, Theresa and if you don’t want it, you can burn it to the ground or transfer the deed to Lily."
"I didn’t want you to doubt my reasons for wanting to be with you… I didn’t want it hanging between us anymore."
"You’re the sun I revolve around and without you…"