All Chapters of THE WIFE HE PUSHED AWAY BUT WANTS BACK NOW: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

~ArianaBright rays of sunlight hit me the moment I opened my eyes, forcing me to squeeze them shut. My head felt heavy and it throbbed so much, I took a minute to recover. The room I was in looked unfamiliar. It was nothing like the room I was supposed to share with my husband, Salvatore. I struggled to remember what happened and how I ended up here but it just made my head hurt more. I tried to get on my feet and it was only then I noticed that I wasn’t wearing anything. Dried blood left a streak down the corner of my laps and l felt sore between my legs. Panic hit me as I took in the disoriented state of the room. I staggered towards the large mirror seating on top of the dresser in the middle of the room and took in my appearance. There were small bruises around my neck but apart from that and the blood on the inside of my thighs, I looked normal. I racked my brain for possible explanations but I could only pull up vague images of a man. Had I been drugged and worst of all—ra

1 year later‘Be ready by 7’.I dropped the note back on the red dress with a sigh. That was the only way Sal communicated with me for the past one year since we got married. Through notes and only when it was necessary like for the event we had to attend today.I had tried my best to get back the old Sal, the Sal who cared about me. But all my efforts so far seemed futile. It felt like he was even more distant than he was at the beginning of our marriage.I rubbed my stomach, remembering the last time we were intimate. He had come home drunk and for a moment, I got a glimpse of the old Sal. He was gentle and loving and paid attention to what I wanted and how I felt.This time I didn’t bother trying to stop him when he went too far. And the result was a missed period. I went to the hospital and got the confirmation I needed. I was one month pregnant. No one was aware of the pregnancy yet. I intended to inform them this evening. I was especially eager to tell Sal. At least this was t

~SalvatoreI felt a sudden pain in my chest even though it was Ariana the bullet hit. I had been so caught up in the chaos, I didn’t realize I hadn’t pulled her under the table with me. Her eyes dropped to the bullet wound in her chest before they drifted shut and she dropped to the floor beside me. Tears blurred my vision and before I knew it, I was beside her screaming her name. In the process, I got hit by a bullet on my left arm. My brain didn’t register the pain and I immediately pulled out my gun to put an end to the idiot that shot her. But my men were finally handling it and they had managed to gun down all the attackers. I don’t know where they were earlier when Ariana was getting shot but if anything happened to her, they all would be dead too. I carried her in my arms and rushed straight for my car. I ignored everyone that tried to talk to me on my way out. I made sure she was securely strapped into the back seat before I took the steering wheel and started driving. I