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.

child

in her heart was akin to salt in

struck Mitchel as if he were experiencing

words pierced Mitchel’s heart

was his own actions that had shattered

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

gaze fixed on him, "That

stupid thought cost me my child and

dangerous.” Her belief in

ebbed away, his once erect

dark eyes brimmed with an agony beyond

"I'm sorry, Raegan...

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

outcome, he would have never left her side,

late apology, finding it more

I can't even

you bear any

but strangers," she stated, her voice devoid of any

it seemed devoid of

gripped Mitchel,

wouldn't even harbor hatred toward him? Was she really intent on treating him like

had feelings for

Nicole had confirmed it.

grasped her arms, pleading, "Raegan,

you once

at his haggard but still charming face,

cared for you, only to realize

with Lauren

My punishment came swiftly.

my grandmother, then

struck Mitchel hke

in a tight

are mere

one I can't lose!" But his remorse

heart had turned

off, so she demanded angrily, "Let me gol" "No! I

meant possibly losing

"It's all my fault.