His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 49

1 don’t know how long I remained asleep for, because every time I stirred, I could sense different people around me.

“I failed her, Damien. Gabriel’s voice.

“I need to go… take care of something. A foreign voice.

“You need to go?” Gabriel sounded… angry..

Then, I faded back to sleep. The next time, the voices were different.

“You need to freshen up.” A feminine voice was speaking, I think Alice.

“I’m not moving from here. Gabriel replied. “The doctor said shell wake up any minute now.”

I wanted to wake up, but I couldn’t. I felt like I was being pulled into an unending sleep cycle.

“Is there anything I can do?” Sam was speaking.

Yeah… leave. Gabriel again.

I wanted to laugh at Gabriel’s pettiness, asking him to stop being like that towards Sam. That we had resolved everything in our past and both moved on.

I wanted to turn my body because my back felt stiff.

I wanted to turn to Gabriel, who I knew was sitting next to me, his hand often caressing my forehead. I wanted to put my arms around him and never let go.

Once, he placed a little kiss on my head, whispering, Wake up now, baby?”

After what seemed like forever or trying and failing, I could finally manage to open my eyes.

There was pain.

My stomach was hurting. My head was hurting. My throat was hurting. My back was hurting.

Everything hurt.

had saved me. But I couldn’t speak. Instead, I just croaked a sound. that sounded truly

side, taking in the foreign surroundings I was

as if she didn’t expect me to wake up. Sof. Sofia, oh, you’re awake. Oh, thank Jesus. She paused, pressed a button, and then turned back to me, cupping my face

could produce was another one of the

continued striking her hand through my hair.

gave up, hoping Gabriel will hear fin awake and come

He didn’t

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Chapter 49

He asked me to not speak, just nod. He asked me if I knew who I was, what year it was, how

a few days of rest and warm water wouldn’t heal. But I

that much. Just once, when

more. Everything was a

A pathetic, painful blur.

the doctor tried touching my throat, quite

my head, looking

understood what the man

doctor was sent away,

a sob while the female doctor helped me sit upright and then checked me, and once she confirmed that the swelling had

myself I wouldn’t cry.” She sobbed. “I was

but I didn’t. I wanted to hug her while she cried, but I didn’t want to be touched. So I held her hand and let her cry until

Zach. And then his wife peeked

excused herself, and Zach and Anna stayed. They both said a few things, and I nodded

me that she was always there for me, I could come stay with her for

that was an indication to the Lily drama and although that she was just a week ago, it seemed like

I

didn’t leave your side for a minute since he found you,

I pleaded with my eyes, the only

hand softly before he

didn’t know I went missing. He would be the first one here if he knew. I didn’t want him

finally, he

hair was messed up, his stubble was grown more than he maintained, his clothes looked worn out,

attention.

hollow even as he stared

on the chair next to the bed like everyone else did. He sat

front of me