Love Unbreakable

Mitchel, You Don't Deserve It Mitchel's towering frame suddenly faltered.

The notion that Raegan, ever so docile like a delicate white rabbit, could utter words that crushed his soul was beyond his imagination.

The light in Mitchel's eyes dimmed as he asked, his voice laden with sorrow, "Do you hate me that much?" Raegan's face was a mask of apathy.

"During my abduction, I hated you deeply.

All I could think was that if you hadn't left me in that hospital parking lot, perhaps I wouldn't have been kidnapped.

But there's no use in ‘ifs.’ I realize that given another chance, you'd still prioritize saving Lauren..." "That's not true," Mitchel protested.

A sharp pang gripped his heart, and his throat seemed laced with broken glass, leaving a metallic taste in his mouth.

He reached out to caress Raegan's forehead, but she deftly avoided his touch.

She shook her head, her tone laced with self-derision.

"Don't fool yourself.

You can't let go of her." Mitchel's voice, raw and strained, tried to explain, "Raegan, you've got it all wrong.

I truly intended to send Lauren away, but I had promised to escort her abroad until her surgery was done, and then we would..." "Mitchel!" Raegan cut him off sharply, pain etched in her voice.

"You made promises to me, too! You had me believe we'd return home together.

What became of that promise?” Feeling as if a massive weight compressed his chest, Mitchel tried to speak, but words failed him, his voice lost.

"Have you ever imagined what it feels like to have your skull shattered against a wall, your insides crushed?" Mitchel's voice quivered, his pale face visibly shaken.

"Stop...

Don't say any more...” But Raegan seemed lost in her torment, gesturing toward the bandage on her head, her lips quivering as she relived the terror.

"They bashed my head against the wall, trampled over me.

| felt my body breaking apart and felt my unborn child slipping away.

At that moment, my hatred for you was all-consuming.

It was you who made me believe in you.

But yet again, you abandoned me." As Raegan recounted the horror, the despair engulfed her again.

loss of her child

in her heart was akin to salt in an open

Mitchel as if he were

in you", those words pierced Mitchel’s

his own actions

evident on Mitchel's face, but to Raegan, it seemed insignificant compared to her

"That day,

cost me my child and

delusions are dangerous.” Her belief

ebbed away, his once erect stance

brimmed with an agony beyond

"I'm sorry, Raegan...

his endless apologies could never mend the hurt he caused Raegan, yet sorry was

outcome, he would have never left her side, regardless of

apology, finding it more repulsive than any insincere

can't even muster

any

on, we're nothing but strangers," she stated,

it seemed

sudden panic gripped Mitchel, his

him? Was she really intent on treating him like a stranger? No! It shouldn't be this

feelings

Nicole had confirmed it.

he grasped her arms, pleading, "Raegan, you care for

you once

at

foolishly cared for you, only

fought with Lauren for

My punishment came swiftly.

my grandmother, then my

words struck Mitchel hke a heavy blow, his body

her in a tight embrace, his voice rough

Lauren are

the one I can't lose!" But his remorse was

had turned icy, beyond

fight him off, so she demanded angrily, "Let me gol" "No! I won't release you!"

go meant possibly losing her

"It's all my fault.