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.

the man who had saved me. But I couldn’t speak.

and I turned my head to my side, taking in the foreign surroundings I was at,

thank Jesus. She paused, pressed a button, and then

produce was another one

okay? She continued striking her hand through

talking again, and this time, no sound came up. So I gave up, hoping

He didn’t

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asked me if I knew who I was, what year it was,

serious, nothing a few days of rest and warm water wouldn’t heal. But I need to talk in

that much. Just once, when the

maybe more. Everything was a

A pathetic, painful blur.

throat, quite possibly to

head, looking at

what the man who kidnapped me

away, and a

and then checked me, and once she confirmed that the swelling had reduced and I would heal

wouldn’t cry.” She sobbed. “I was

cried, but I didn’t want to be touched. So I held her hand and let her

was Zach. And then his wife

herself, and Zach and Anna stayed. They both said a few things, and I nodded my head to everything. Anna kissed

always there for me, I could come stay with her for a

to the Lily drama and although that she was

and I knew he knew

a minute since he found you, Zach

him in, I pleaded with my eyes, the only way

squeezed my hand

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

but finally, he came. The man

hair strand, but today he wasn’t. His hair was messed

attention.

brown eyes were hollow even as he stared at

me, and didn’t sit on the chair next to the bed like

front of me