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 was

heart was akin to salt in an open

Mitchel as if he were experiencing the pain

of "believe in you", those words pierced Mitchel’s

was his own actions that had shattered

face, but to Raegan, it seemed insignificant compared to her

him, "That

my child and threw

have dreams, delusions are dangerous.” Her

his once erect stance

with an

"I'm sorry, Raegan...

never mend the hurt he

he foreseen such a tragic outcome, he would have never left

his late apology, finding it

I can't even muster hatred for

any

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

profound, it

sudden panic gripped Mitchel,

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

feelings

Nicole had confirmed it.

arms, pleading,

you once

easily.” Raegan gazed at

you,

with Lauren for

My punishment came swiftly.

grandmother, then my

lose my life next!" Her words struck Mitchel hke

resistance, he enveloped her in a tight embrace, his voice rough with

for Lauren are mere responsibility, nothing

can't lose!"

heart had turned icy, beyond

angrily, "Let me gol" "No! I won't release you!" Mitchel declared, his

Raegan go meant possibly losing

"It's all my fault.