Her Silent Heart

While I was having a check-up at the hospital, I received a message from my best friend, Mary."He's showing that woman off to us again! Are you just going to sit there and let him?"I wanted to reply, but a sudden tightness gripped my chest, almost making me double over with pain. Steadying myself against the wall, I took a few deep breaths, only regaining my composure after a long while.At that point, I just switched my phone off, no longer having any energy to reply.Meanwhile, the doctor helped me into the consultation room with my medical report in hand. Shaking his head, he said, "Your condition is still quite bad, Miss Palmer. You have to be mentally prepared. Don't let your emotions get too intense, or else you'll…"I smiled and nodded lightly at the doctor as I shoved a handful of pills in my mouth. "Yes, I understand. I've been using this artificial heart for years now, after all."Six years ago, Scott and I went overseas on vacation. However, enemies of his family had

"You should be apologizing to my girl, not me!" Scott complained angrily.At his words, the manager quickly bowed and apologized to Roanna as well. "I'm terribly sorry, Miss Sterling. I will take care of this immediately."Roanna raised her chin proudly, shooting me a smug look.So what if I was Scott's lawfully wedded wife? I still couldn't compare to his mistress in the slightest.The manager immediately turned to me, his face cold and stern. "Ma'am the exit is that way. Please leave, and refrain from disturbing others like you did today."Then, he immediately started goading me towards the exit, making sure I couldn't walk any other way.As I walked, I saw Scott walking away, his arm around Roanna as he comforted her and kissed her gently.Once upon a time, he treated me like that too, but I was a fool for not realizing that people could change.Mary, having noticed my delayed absence, came looking for me. Seeing the manager trying to kick me out, she immediately took out

"Scott, didn't you promise to spend my birthday with me? Why did you abandon me when the day isn't even over yet?"You left me all alone, and now everyone's looking at me like I'm a joke! I don't know what to do… Please come save me…"It was her birthday starting last midnight, after all.Putting one hand over the microphone, Scott turned to me and stared at me, unblinking. "Wendy, if you tell me not to leave, I won't. I will stay here with you."I pried my fingers out of his grip and tugged the tube out of his hand as well. "Go with her if you want. I don't care."With that, he scoffed. "Fine. Don't say I didn't ask you."Raising his phone again, he spoke into it with sweet, honeyed words. "Don't worry, Roanna. I'm coming for you, alright?"Before he left, he said, "Wendy, no matter what happens now, and what will happen in the future… You asked for it!"Then, he slammed the door and left. Not much later, the doctor came in."Miss Palmer, we made sure not to tell him abou

Scott looked quite annoyed."Stop spouting nonsense. The doctor told me your artificial heart is strong, and you look perfectly fine to me! If you were going to die, you would've died during the surgery, so stop using your heart to scare me!"Hearing his words, I completely lost control over my heartbeat. I gasped like a fish out of water, completely losing control of my heart rate and my body.It wasn't until I collapsed onto the ground, body limp and lips turning a startling shade of blue, that Scott finally realized how serious it was."An ambulance! Call an ambulance now!"My heartbeat was so deafening that I couldn't hear anything else, and all I could see was the panic-struck look on Scott's face.He seemed to be begging me again, begging for my heart to slow down, but this time, my heart no longer listened to him.-I was brought to the hospital, and all I saw as I faded in and out of consciousness was Scott's face, streaked with tears. He was talking to me, but I couldn

However, no one knew just how much I sacrificed for this marriage.The enemies of the Harris family, having failed in their kidnapping, bore a grudge. Now knowing that they had no way of hurting them directly, they set their sights on my family instead.The second day of our marriage, a heavy truck barrelled into my parents as they were driving home, and they died on the spot.After the incident was ruled an accident, I received a message from an anonymous sender."They died because of you."Before I could even screenshot it, the message vanished.I didn't even know if I imagined it.I never told Scott about any of it. I knew I shouldn't hate him, and I couldn't bring myself to blame him.The only person who I hated was myself.Because I loved Scott, and because I married him, I had to pay the price.After that, I could no longer look at him in the face and tell him that I loved him. Every time I saw him, I saw my parents' bodies, stitched up in the morgue.I couldn't think