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.

going on?” I uttered the question, keeping my gaze fixed on him. He kept on shaking his head, and it seemed like

me, my hands trembling as I reached for the call button beside the bed. With shaking fingers, I pressed it

him down, and then he lost consciousness. I still didn’t take my

assessed the situation. I quickly explained what had happened, my voice trembling with emotion as I recounted Luke’s sudden confusion and

furrowing with concern as he examined Luke’s vitals. With a sigh, he turned to me,

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

damage.”

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 leave the room so he could conduct

before me like a long, dark tunnel. I paced back

each passing moment filled with

room, his

my heart pounding in my chest as I awalted his verdict. And when he spoke, his words were like a

how much he will be

remember me? That I’m no longer a

“Unfortunately, yes.”

I blurted out immeisbelief, as I fell on the

placed a gentle hand on my shoulder, offering a small measure of comfort in the

turmoil.

calm. Luke’s memory loss doesn’t mean he no longer cares for you.

back the flood of emotions threatening to overwhelm me, but it was

pulled me into a comforting embrace, allowing me to release the pent–up anguish and fear that had been building inside me since Luke’s accident. His presence was a lifeline in the midst of the storm, offering

felt like an eternity, my tears began to subside, leaving me–drained and exhausted. I looked up at the

know how to deal with this,” I admitted,

gave me a reassuring smile,

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

this came as a huge shock to me. I was drowning in despair, all my fears had finally shackled me. I never expected this, and

I found myself engulfed by a suffocating sense of despair. The weight