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.

question, keeping my gaze fixed on him. He kept on shaking his head, and it seemed like every single

for the call button beside the bed. With shaking fingers, I

lost consciousness. I still didn’t take my eyes off him, and

rushed into the room, his expression grave as he assessed the situation. I quickly explained what had happened, my voice

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

explained gently. “It’s not uncommon in cases of

damage.”

his words, the weight of the situation pressing down on me like a

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

I stepped outside, the corridor stretching out before me like a long, dark tunnel. I paced

hours, each passing moment filled with

from the room, his

him, my heart pounding in my chest as I awalted his verdict. And when

he said softly. “It’s unclear how much he will

that he doesn’t remember me? That I’m no longer a part of his life?”

“Unfortunately, yes.”

blurted out immeisbelief, as I

offering a small measure of comfort

turmoil.

know this is incredibly difficult to hear,” he said softly, his voice filled with empathy. “But it’s important to remain calm. Luke’s memory loss doesn’t mean he no longer cares

the flood of emotions threatening to overwhelm me, but it was futile. The dam broke, and I found myself sobbing uncontrollably, the sound echoing through

that had been building inside me since Luke’s

subside, leaving me–drained and exhausted. I looked up at the doctor, my eyes

know how to deal with this,” I admitted, my voice barely

reassuring smile, his gaze filled with compassion.

he said gently. “We’ll do everything we can to help Luke recover his memories. In the meantime, it’s important for you

in despair,

hospital corridor, I found myself engulfed by a suffocating sense of despair. The weight of the news I had just received bore down on me like