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The unrelenting power of love

Chapter 8 Unleashing the Pain

Word Count: 1433    |    Released on: 03/07/2024

she had been living for Jeremy. She had built walls around her heart for many years to shield herself from the searing hurt of his abandonment. Once again today, those safeguards

d as a muscle in his sculpted jaw ticked. " Assuming that you had told me - " " told you?" She cut in, yelling angrily and indignantly. "I tried, Michael." God understands that I tried. But you disappeared without a trace, always like you did whenever things become too real for you. Long lengths of suppressed indignation and hurt at last tracked down by the words came pouring forward. You answered neither my calls nor my texts. Not even a bit. When I at last located you, your assistant told me you had said you did not want to interact with anyone else." Michael's attitude changed, a gleam of sensitivity neglecting his elements. He whispered, low in voice, "I never said that." Elizabeth shook her head while still crying. "These days, it makes no difference. The damage was done. I had to gather the fragments and start a fresh life for my child and myself without your. To guard against the flow of recollections, she inhaled quiveringly. "Do you find it hard? Trying to make ends meet, raising a child alone, and bearing the weight of your rejection?" Michael moved toward her again, his hands extended in a soothing gesture. "ELizabeth, Please find my apologies here. Assuming I had known - " She sobbed, her voice breaking with passion, "Be that as it may, you didn't have any idea!" "Moreover, whose owner that problem is? It was you who departed, that disappeared out of nowhere. Michael, you decided on it; I had to live with the outcomes. Tears spilled down her cheeks and she angrily swiped them away. " You know I loved you. Respected you with every thread of my existence. And you disposed of everything as though it were nothing." Michael had a sad regretful expression and his eyes were full of ghosts of the past. His voice thick with emotion, he said, "I never intended to hurt you." Elizabeth shook her head, a mirthless laugh escaping her lips. As it happens, Michael, you did. I have suffered in ways I never could have predicted. She ignored, unable to handle his weight any more. "I feel you should leave." Michael stayed still for a good length of time, and unspoken words filled the air. He turned then and left the room with a barely perceptible nod, leaving Elizabeth alone with the echoes of her broken dreams. Elizabeth let the tears run freely in the silence that followed, her body quivering from the cries she had stashed for far too long. As the weight of her loss, anger, and despair sank heavily on her, a tidal wave of feeling threatened to swallow her. She gasped for oxygen. As the fury within her slowly passed, she felt something in the doorway

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1 Chapter 1 A Single Mom's Struggle2 Chapter 2 Guilt and Longing3 Chapter 3 A Glimmer of Hope4 Chapter 4 One Night of Passion5 Chapter 5 Ghosts of the Past6 Chapter 6 A Shocking Reunion7 Chapter 7 Undeniable Love8 Chapter 8 Unleashing the Pain9 Chapter 9 Vows of Redemption10 Chapter 10 Melting the Ice11 Chapter 11 High Society Seduction12 Chapter 12 Building Trust13 Chapter 13 Shattered Sanctuary14 Chapter 14 Gilded Cage15 Chapter 15 Chains of Gold16 Chapter 16 Tightrope of Trust17 Chapter 17 A Parent's Nightmare18 Chapter 18 Race Against Time19 Chapter 19 Headlines and Heartache20 Chapter 20 Shadows of Doubt21 Chapter 21 Skeletons in the Closet22 Chapter 22 Echoes of Hope23 Chapter 23 The Devil's Bargain24 Chapter 24 Hidden Hope25 Chapter 25 Shadows of the Past26 Chapter 26 Healing Wounds27 Chapter 27 Fortress of Love28 Chapter 28 Healing Hearts29 Chapter 29 Shadows in the Boardroom30 Chapter 30 Canvas of Healing31 Chapter 31 Retroactive Shadows of the Past32 Chapter 32 Unravelling Threads33 Chapter 33 Broken peace34 Chapter 34 Hearts and Headlines35 Chapter 35 Wounds and Whispers36 Chapter 36 Palaces of Resilience37 Chapter 37 Hue of Resilience38 Chapter 38 Stolen Moments39 Chapter 39 Temple in the Storm40 Chapter 40 Snatching Threads41 Chapter 41 Whispers in the Dark42 Chapter 42 Shadows and Spotlights43 Chapter 43 Tremors of Doubt44 Chapter 44 Threads Unraveled45 Chapter 45 Shadows in the Boardroom46 Chapter 46 Echoes of Fear47 Chapter 47 Sharks in the Boardroom48 Chapter 48 Canvas of Deception49 Chapter 49 Shadows of the Past50 Chapter 50 Turning Tables51 Chapter 51 The War Room52 Chapter 52 The Innocent's Eyes53 Chapter 53 The Weight of Innocence54 Chapter 54 Shadows of Corruption55 Chapter 55 Midnight Guardian56 Chapter 56 Shadows of Betrayal57 Chapter 57 Smell of Truth58 Chapter 58 Whispers in the Wound59 Chapter 59 Heartbeats and Stocks60 Chapter 60 The Price of Love61 Chapter 61 Smoke and Mirrors62 Chapter 62 Glance of Innocence63 Chapter 63 Darkness in front64 Chapter 64 Inferno's Edge65 Chapter 65 From Ashes to Indictment66 Chapter 66 Betrayal's Bargain67 Chapter 67 The Witness's Dilemma68 Chapter 68 The Price of Truth69 Chapter 69 Poisoned Secrets70 Chapter 70 Poison and Pacts71 Chapter 71 Shadows of Deception72 Chapter 72 Whispers in the Dark73 Chapter 73 Whispers of Treachery74 Chapter 74 Betrayal75 Chapter 75 Shadows of Doubt76 Chapter 76 Desperate Measures77 Chapter 77 Leap of Faith78 Chapter 78 Into the Abyss79 Chapter 79 Wilderness Accord80 Chapter 80 Humanity81 Chapter 81 Echoes of Conscience82 Chapter 82 Heartbeats in the Balance83 Chapter 83 Veins of Truth84 Chapter 84 Smoke and Mirrors85 Chapter 85 Shattered Reflections86 Chapter 86 Shadows of the Past87 Chapter 87 Shattered Trust88 Chapter 88 Heartbeat89 Chapter 89 Shattered Reflections90 Chapter 90 Fractured Reality91 Chapter 91 Deception92 Chapter 92 Whispers in the Dark93 Chapter 93 Shattered Reflections94 Chapter 94 Truth95 Chapter 95 Shadows of Truth96 Chapter 96 Deception97 Chapter 97 In the Mirror98 Chapter 98 Fractured Reflections99 Chapter 99 Echoes of Eternity100 Chapter 100 Echoes of the Forgotten