The Love From Vengeance

389 ALONE IN DESPAIR

389: ALONE IN DESPAIR

ARIEL’S POV

I opened my eyes, since the day had gotten brig brighter. I was really exhausted. But you want to know

something?

I felt multiple taps on my shoulder, and I quickly turned around, my eyes widening at that very moment.

“Luke?”

Luke opened his eyes partly, looking around. “Where, where am 17”

“You’re at the hospital, Luke. And I’m finally glad you’ve regained consciousness.”

He looked at me with confusion. “Who are you?”

I gave him a puzzled look in return. “Who am I? What do you mean by that? “I am Ariel, Luke, your wife.”

“Ariel?” He still had that confused expression. “I can’t remember you.”

The sudden change in my face had worsened. “I don’t get you. What do you mean you can’t remember

me?”

I stared at Luke in disbelief, my heart sinking with each passing moment. How could he not remember me, his wife, the woman he had vowed to spend the rest of his life with? It felt like a cruel twist of fate, a nightmare from which I couldn’t wake up.

Luke’s head began to throb with pain as he shook it from side to side, screaming to a certain degree.

what’s going on?” I uttered the question, keeping my gaze fixed on him. He kept on shaking his head, and

a surge of panic grips me, my hands trembling as I reached for the call button beside the bed. With shaking fingers, I pressed

and then he lost consciousness. I still didn’t take my eyes off him, and all I could only at

expression grave as he assessed the situation. I quickly explained what had happened, my voice trembling with emotion as I recounted

doctor nodded, his brow furrowing with concern as he examined Luke’s vitals. With a sigh, he turned

a result of the accident,” he explained gently. “It’s not uncommon in cases of severe head

damage.”

sank at his words, the weight of the situation pressing down on me like a leaden blanket. I nodded numbly, my mind racing with a million questions and fears.

in hhe couldp Luke recover, but for now, I needed to

before me like a long, dark tunnel. I paced back and forth, my thoughts

passing moment filled with

room, his expression

I awalted his verdict. And when he spoke, his words were like a dagger

softly. “It’s unclear how much he will be able to recover, but it will take time

trying to say, doctor, that he doesn’t remember me? That I’m no longer a part

“Unfortunately, yes.”

I blurted out immeisbelief, as I fell on the

a small measure

turmoil.

hear,” he said softly, his voice filled with empathy. “But it’s important to remain calm. Luke’s

my eyes, the weight of his words crashing down upon me like a tidal wave, I tried to hold back the flood of emotions threatening to overwhelm me,

and fear that had been building inside me since Luke’s accident. His presence was a lifeline in the midst of the storm, offering solace and support

exhausted. I looked

deal with this,” I admitted, my voice barely above a

smile, his

don’t have to face this alone, Ariel,” he said gently. “We’ll do everything we can to help Luke recover his memories. In the meantime, it’s important for you to take care of

was drowning in despair, all

by a suffocating sense of despair. The weight of the news I had just received bore down on me like an insurmountable burden, crushing