What hurts the most is losing those dreams and hopes that you thought would come true, the future of love. But you’re in a place where you don’t love the actual person you are with, you love the person he pretends to be. That will break you much more down the line than now if you stay and compromise your values. You can love someone with all your heart, but if you are lying to yourself about who he is, you will stop trusting yourself and that is so much worse than betrayal from outside.

The way you felt with him before is a part of you that you carry, and you can feel that way again. Not exactly the same, but maybe much better with someone you can rely on.