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.

trying to call for the man who had saved me. But I couldn’t speak. Instead, I just

squeezed, and I turned my head to my side, taking in the foreign surroundings I was at, that looked awfully like every other

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 Are you okay? Are you

I could produce was another one of the inhuman

okay? She continued striking her hand through

talking again, and this time, no sound came up. So I gave up, hoping Gabriel will hear fin awake and come along with the

He didn’t

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asked me if I knew who I was,

I had screamed too loud and had managed to swell my vocal cord. Nothing serious, nothing a few days of rest and warm water wouldn’t

Just once, when the man hit

more. Everything was

A pathetic, painful blur.

the doctor tried touching my throat, quite possibly to palpate any swellings, I

shook my head, looking at

understood what the man

was sent away,

sit upright and then checked me, and once she confirmed that the

myself I wouldn’t cry.” She sobbed.

but I didn’t want to

then his wife

They both said a few things, and I nodded

could come stay with her for a few days if

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

stared at Zach a little longer, and I knew he knew why I was looking at

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

pleaded with my eyes,

squeezed my hand softly before he

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

I started believing he’d never come, but finally, he came. The man I had been waiting

to his last hair strand, but today he wasn’t. His hair was messed up, his stubble was grown more than he maintained, his clothes looked worn out, but it was his eyes that drew

attention.

were hollow even as he

chair next to the bed like everyone

front of me