She looked straight into his eyes, her expression trembling with pain and fury.
“But trust me,” she said firmly, “I’ve already let go.”
She let out a frustrated laugh and looked at him coldly.
“You need to leave me alone now.”
The moment the words left her mouth, Elias’s grip on her wrist tightened.
Before she could move away, he suddenly pushed her backward onto the hospital bed. A gasp escaped her lips as the mattress dipped beneath her weight. Elias climbed over her immediately, pinning her beneath him.
He grabbed both of her wrists and pulled them above her head, holding them there firmly with one hand while the other braced beside her face.
His chest rose and fell heavily as he stared down into her eyes.
“There is nothing you can do that will make me let go of you,” he growled. “You are my wife, and that is never going to change.”
Amara turned her face away from him in frustration, refusing to look at him, but Elias immediately grabbed her jaw again and forced her to face him.
His eyes burned with desperation.
“Tell me what you lacked,” he demanded. “Tell me everything I failed to give you during our marriage, and I’ll fix it. I promise I’ll fulfill every wish you have.”
His voice lowered, becoming rough and emotional.
“I’ll make up for every moment we lost. I’ll change everything.” His thumb brushed against her cheek as he stared at her intensely. “You’ll forget that horrible year, and all you’ll remember are the happy days we’ll have together from now on.”
Every word came out with complete seriousness.
“I’m not letting you go, Amara,” he said firmly. “I want you. There is nothing in this world that can change that.”
He leaned closer, his forehead almost touching hers.
Amara stared at him in disbelief. She had lost so much because of him. And all he had to say was that he would not do it again.
The anger inside her exploded instantly.
She suddenly shoved hard against his chest, forcing him backward. Elias lost balance and fell onto the bed beneath her with surprise flashing across his face.
Before he could react, Amara climbed on top of him, sitting over his stomach as she grabbed his collar tightly and yanked him upward.
Her trembling hands clenched the fabric near his neck while tears burned in her eyes.
“You can never give back everything I lost because of you!” she cried out.
Her voice cracked with pain and fury.
“I lost so much that I stopped counting!” she shouted. “I even lost my life, Elias!”
The words hit him so suddenly that his entire expression froze.
“But you weren’t there for me,” she said, pain flashing across her face. “So don’t sit here acting like you can fix everything now when you can never give me those moments back!”
Tears streamed down her face now, months of suppressed pain finally breaking free.
“I will never trust you again!”
Her voice echoed through the room.
