I bent down to pick it up, and before I could touch it, my eyes caught the lines of the random page of his diary.
The lines that broke my hopes.
The lines that will haunt me forever.
The lines that pulled the raw strands of threads whose ends were left loose in the air abandoned by the very hands that tied his and my destiny together.
"I stood there, a smile plastered on my face," he wrote, "but inside, my heart broke a little more. I love You, I love you My Surbhi, and I know I shouldn't. But my heart doesn't listen to my command so I became the man who carries the ghost of my love."
The breath left my lungs as if I'd been punched. A tightness wrapped around my chest, squeezing until it hurt to breathe,
My heart raced as I read those words again, each word striking me like a dagger.
My hands trembled, the diary nearly slipping from my grasp
I wanted to scream, to shout, but all I could manage was a silent, open-mouthed gasp. My fingers traced the words on the page, as if trying to erase them or make them disappear.
I crumpled to the floor, hugging the diary to my chest, tears streaming down my face, each one a testament to my broken heart.
My mind raced with disbelief and anger. What the fuck! Is this some kind of joke? My thoughts screamed in the silence, the pain almost too much to bear.
My husband loves my own freaking sister.
The realization hit me like a tidal wave, overwhelming and relentless.
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A mute girl finds herself married to a man who's secretly in love with her sister.
Their lives take an unexpected turn when she stumbles upon his diary, uncovering buried emotions and deep secrets.
Dive into this gripping tale of unspoken love and shattered dreams, where destiny's twists will keep you hooked till the last page
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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