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.

call for the man who had saved me. But

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

shocked, as if she didn’t expect me to wake up. Sof. Sofia, oh, you’re awake. Oh, thank Jesus. She paused, pressed a

again, but all I could produce was

striking her hand through my hair.

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

He didn’t

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

and had managed to swell my vocal cord. Nothing serious, nothing a few days of rest and warm

remember screaming that much. Just once, when the man hit

more. Everything was a

A pathetic, painful blur.

my throat, quite possibly to palpate any swellings,

looking at Alice

man who kidnapped

doctor was sent away, and a female

me, and once she confirmed that the swelling had reduced and I would heal in a few days and left, Alice broke into

so sorry. I promised myself I wouldn’t cry.”

was scared too. I wanted to say, 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

was Zach. And then his wife peeked from behind

a few

for me, I could come stay with

an indication to the Lily drama and although that she was just a

longer, and I knew he knew why I was

for a minute since he found you, Zach told

in, I pleaded with my eyes,

my hand softly before

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

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

but today he wasn’t. His hair was messed up, his stubble

attention.

brown eyes were hollow even as he stared at me.

to me, and didn’t sit on the chair next to the bed like everyone else did. He sat on the edge of the bed

front of me