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.

gaze fixed on him. He kept on shaking his head, and it

trembling as I reached for the call button beside the bed. With shaking fingers, I pressed it urgently, the sound echoing through the room like

Everything’s going to be fine.” I tried to calm him down, and then he lost consciousness. I still didn’t take my eyes off him, and all I could only at him in

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

he examined Luke’s vitals. With a sigh, he

as a result of the accident,” he explained gently. “It’s not uncommon in cases of severe head trauma.“We’ll need to run some tests to determine the

damage.”

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

everything in hhe couldp Luke recover, but for now,

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

stretched into hours, each passing moment filled with uncertainty and fear. And

room, his expression

my chest as I awalted his verdict. And when he spoke, his

how much he will be able to recover, but it will take time and patience.”

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

“Unfortunately, yes.”

blurted out immeisbelief, as I fell on the

offering a small measure of comfort in the

turmoil.

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

down upon me like a tidal wave, I tried to hold back the flood of emotions threatening to overwhelm me, but it was futile. The dam broke, and I found

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

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

how to deal with this,” I admitted, my

a reassuring smile, his gaze filled with

Luke recover his memories. In the meantime, it’s

in despair, all my fears had finally shackled me. I never expected this, and

suffocating sense of despair. The weight of the news I had just received bore