Chapter 83

ESTELLE

“Gabriel?” But I met different eyes. I wiped my tears away. “Qamar.” I threw myself into him and hugged him. I badly needed someone to tell or lie to me that everything would be okay.

“It’s okay.” He patted my back and said it was okay, but I didn’t feel okay. It still didn’t make things feel all right.

“I’ll be fine.” I pulled away and went back to lying in the same position.

Qamar pulled the blanket to cover me. “Do you need anything?”

“No. He’s leaving me. I don’t know what happened, but something went terribly wrong. He’s not the man I know. He’s not my Gabriel. The man with me earlier is not my husband. He’s a different person.”

“He’s hurting.”

“Well, shit. He just broke my heart.” Tears kept pouring as I remembered what he just said. That was the worst thing he ever did to me. I didn’t even know if I could forgive him.

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I woke up feeling empty. His side of the bed was empty. My eyes were puffy. My chest hurt, but