All Chapters of THE MAID I MARRIED: Chapter 41 - Chapter 43

DARIUSMy hands clenched into fists so tight my knuckles turned white, as if I could crush the heavy, suffocating air hanging around me. I stood staring blankly out the large bedroom window, but not a single detail of the view registered in my mind—only Eithan’s face kept playing over and over, tangled with a sharp, unexplainable irritation that gnawed at me from the inside out.I tried to find a reason for this anger. He’d done nothing wrong. No matter how many times I replayed every moment we’d all shared, no matter how hard I searched for a logical cause, I could not explain why every time I saw them together, every time I heard her laugh at something he said, a bitter, burning jealousy coiled tight in my chest.Pinipilit kong labanan pero ang ending sarili kong nararamdaman ang nagiging kalaban. Siuro.... Siguro ay natatakot lang ako. Natatakot ako na kapag naging malapit sila ni Eithan ay iwanan niya ako at sumama sa lalaki. That was the only truth I refused to admit even to m

DARIUSThe heavy mahogany door clicked shut behind us, sealing me inside the silence of my chambers with Amara. The moment the latch caught, my arms fell away from her like they had lost all strength, every muscle in my body screaming with a tension I could no longer name. I crossed to the window, staring out at the overgrown gardens that had once been our sanctuary—hers and mine, before she vanished, before Akhira had stepped into the empty spaces she left behind. “Namiss ko ang lahat sa pagitan natin,” bulong ni Amara. Malamyos ang kanyang tinig, tinig na matagal ko nang gustong marinig. Naramdaman ko ang marahang dampi ng kanyang mga kamay sa aking likuran, naghahanap ng pamilyar na hawak na dati niyang alam. Ngunit kung dati ay nag-aalab ang aking dugo sa bawat haplos niya, ngayon ay napapakurap lamang ako at bahagyang umiiwas. “I missed you too,” I said, and the words tasted like ash. Did I? The question echoed in my mind, sharp and unbidden. For two years I had clung to the me