Chapter 104

The water spilled over my body and I was completely drenched.

I shot up in my bed and found my sister-in-law with a frown on her face. I could still see the anger and resentment swimming in her eyes. It had now been a week since her sister left and she had not forgiven me for messing up.

“What the hell, Commna?”

“Get up. Your wallowing when what you should be doing is trying to figure out how you can win my sister back.”

My brows furrowed and 1 gasped at her in shock. “I’ve been trying to do that but you’ve kept her away from me”

“For good reason. She made me promise. I know that the two of you will work it out but that doesn’t mean that I can’t give you a mudge”

She knew where she was but she refused to tell me and she was guarding her phone like fucking Fort Knox. I had used every available power at my disposal and I was yet to find my wife.

I texted her every single day and all she did was read them. Well, at least she had read them up until two days ago. After that, they were just delivering I was both two seconds away from going nuclear when I heard Adie talking to her sister on the phone. She was still alive; she had just stopped opening my texts.

But that didn’t stop me from texting her. I needed her to know that I was still here whenever she was ready.

I wasn’t giving up on us and I didn’t want her to give up on us too. We had been through too much to even consider…. divorce. She was my world and there was no way that I would be able to survive without her, least of all now that she was with child

“I need to leave, I have a shoot later this afternoon. Get up and bathe and try not to look like a homeless man.” She waved and left my room.

I fell back onto my damp bed and stared up at the ceiling.

As the days ticked slowly by I just grew more and more anxious about what was to become of my marriage. I loved Adie and the more her silence extended the more worried 1 became.

As if the heavens had heard, my phone buzzed and I saw the caller ID.

almost not fully believing it.

It was her.

screen and brought the phone right to

with emotion.

I hated that I was the cause of her pain. I should have been the one protecting her

please please talk

voice was so meek and

it again was like a dagger right to my heart.

breathed the word with so much

thinking and it killed me that I couldn’t

holding up. The baby is good in case you’re

Of course, I’m curious. That’s my child that you’re

take over I

she had tears in her eyes or if she was filled with rage. I would have much rather had her yelling at me than just be silent. I could take her rage, I would take on every ounce of her fire if she would let me. But her silence only made that pit in my stomach

miss you too.” Hearing her say that was like this large weight that had been lifted off my shoulders. “But I still need time. You you hurt

trailed off, not completing

out what,

if this is still what

Chapter 104

had been more than prepared to give it. But not walking away. That was one thing that

happened. I have never kissed her or done anything with her. I never even thought of doing anything with her. You’re the woman 1 want and love. You are my wife. The mother of our unborn baby. There

desperation in my voice was evident. I was panic-stricken. All I knew was that I could

the world

know you love me, Damon.”

brink of breaking down and all I could do was sit here in this bed and accept

thinking time because I don’t love you. I just need to figure out what’s best for me

as a family. That’s what’s best for the baby.

so helpless being

“I just needed to hear your voice. I didn’t want to start a fight

one of us continued to

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