Forced Marriage: My Wife, My Redemption by Lilyheart

Chapter 1: 1 A second chance

The hospital ICU was sterile cold and eerily quiet except for the constant beeping of the heart monitor and other life machines attached to the person lying on the bed, each sound ominous and rattling serves as a reminder of his silent fight for survival. The oxygen mask on his handsome face serves as a lifeline to the motionless body who is oblivious to the events happening in his surrounding and chaos raging outside his ward for the past few months.

The door creaked open ushering in an elegant lady whose poise and grace is outstanding. Her face flaunting an ethereal beauty of charm;-- Vera Louis adorned in a simple gown that clung perfectly on her walked towards the bed her expression a mix of guilt, pain and resignation.

Gently, she traced her fingers along his face with her gaze lingering on his eye brows as she caressed it with unfeigned gentleness. She had always known him to be handsome but it seems the months in the hospital had done nothing to him that even in his unconscious state he was still a god amongst men. She sighed.

"Davis", she called, her voice almost a whisper. "I came to pay this visit because this will be the last time I have to acknowledge what we had and shared in the past", her voice cracking with emotion.

"I am sorry to have made this decision without considering you first but with so many things going on, I really can't keep up with them. I just hope you can forgive my actions", she muttered as tears fall from her eyes and she hurriedly wiped it off with the back of her palm.

"The world is cruel, don't you think and I can't deny the fact that I am too", she smiled mockingly as she continued "but-what do you expect from a lady that has family, responsibility and expectations to do?"

for has been taken over by the people that you despise- the company,

is the truth", she said as she let

lightly barely noticeable. As she opened the door she paused briefly, casting one last glance at the man who was once the most important to her; her tears fell "Good Bye Davis" she murmured and the door clicked shut and her footsteps faded

tried to hold on, clinging to hope, but reality had proven

silence after her departure lasted only for a few moments and the heart monitor's steady rhythm transformed into a sharp, erratic shrill sound. Its piercing alarm shattering the supposed

Patient in distress!" a nurse shouted, her voice sharp with urgency. Several medical staff flooded the room, their movements swift and precise.

100% Oxygen, Check SpO2!" The doctor continued to bark instructions while the team worked tirelessly, their

stirred as fragmented images flashed in his subconscious: a blaring horn, screeching of tires, shattering of glasses, frantic

his breathing was

"He's stable, but just barely. His body can't endure many more episodes