Rekindled Heartache Novels & Stories

"I did." He stayed quiet, then suddenly softened his tone. "I was harsh the other day. I shouldn't have done that to you. It's just that Carmen sprained her ankle, and she was alone…" I stared at my laptop screen, tapping rhythmically on my keyboard. I refused to bring up that day, as there simply was no point in doing so. "Whatever. It's all in the past." Noticing the wounds on my head, Austin reached out to touch it, but I instinctively dodged him. My gaze found its way to the man I had once loved deeply. I said, "The wounds are mostly healed. Don't worry about it."

My heart scattered into a million irredeemable pieces and no one ever fixed it again. But that night I saw Lucy for the first time, something happened inside me. Like fragments of iron filings, the broken pieces of my heart traced their paths back to each other. And when she stood in front of me, when she was in my father’s arms, so close I could smell her, so close I could almost touch her, my heart started beating again. I actually felt it. Badoom. Badoom. Badoom. And now, now it’s shattered again.

Sidney said as she shooed Valerie out of her office and closed her door, hoping she could heed her own sensible advice. Otherwise, she had absolutely no doubt that indulging her attraction to Brad Humphrey would qualify as the most colossal complication of them all. Moving closer to the window again, she looked out into the busy city, the traffic and all. She closed her eyes and if to clear her mind of the many impossible things that race through it. Could it be that she had forgotten Rob? Could she possibly be in love again?. If the answer was yes, why Brad? Not that Brad was a bad person, but she had this nagging feeling she couldn't shake that she had heard about the Humphrey before, and

"Every...everyone deserves a second chance, I know I don't deserve to ask this but why won't you give me another chance. I know somewhere in your heart you still love me I-" "You are right-" I cut him off, causing his eyes to light up, "You are right....I do still love you because love doesn't just go like that but....but my love for you right now isn't as strong as it was back then. I don't have the same passionate love for you anymore because you killed that feeling" I let everything out making me feel a lot lighter.

Keyara took my heart along with her death. I don't want to fall in love again. However, when this woman appeared, the wheels of my life that had stopped started moving again. I no longer saw the world in just black and white. I saw seasons and bright sunshine. My dead heart revived on its own. It was as if I had found the missing puzzle piece in its rightful place.

Yet, even as I resigned myself to this path, a spark of defiance flickered within me, a silent vow to someday reclaim the autonomy that had been stripped away. Her words flooded into my mind, "I'm your secret lover, and it's so sad for me to accept that." It just kept replaying in my head like a broken record that won't stop. It's like her voice is stuck on repeat, echoing over and over again in my mind. And each time I hear it, it's like a punch to the gut, reminding me of the tangled mess we're in. But what can I do? It's not like I can just make it all disappear.

To forget his family and the society and just chose him. They denied dessert and paid the bill instead. Tan escorted her out of the restaurant. His warm hand was a noticeable presence on the small of her back. It didn’t matter that she knew that this meeting could very much mean goodbye. It didn’t matter that she knew she should just end everything before she gets even more hurt. It didn’t matter that Tan might never get around to choosing her. She was already too late. She had fallen for Tan. Again. Deep . Gabby didn’t think she’d ever even felt different about him. She fell so hard she couldn’t even get up, didn’t even want to if she was being honest. The realization only spelt one th

My gaze shifted to Lily, the woman who now possessed the happiness I had coveted. The day I learned of Lily's demise, a twisted sense of satisfaction crept over me. The bitterness and resentment towards Bernard intensified as I wished for the worst in his life. The scars of that heartbreak left an indelible mark, fueling the animosity that would later extend to her daughter, Kylie, reopening old wounds that time failed to heal.

I would rebuild the walls around my heart, stronger than ever before. With tears streaming down my face, I made my way back to my room, seeking solace in the solitude. The pain was unbearable, but I knew I had to find the strength to move on, to heal from this heartbreak. As I closed the door behind me, I sank to the floor, my sobs echoing through the empty room. The love I had felt for Rueben had turned into a bitter ache, a reminder of the vulnerability I had allowed myself to feel.

But still, his heart felt all warm and fuzzy . "Promise me, Anthony, you will leave her and come back to me" . When he heard the next sentence coming from her, he felt like his heart was poked with a thousand needles . The pain surged in like a dark cloud blocking all the light and happiness and gripped him from all sides . One moment he felt like he was on cloud nine and the very next all his hopes were smashed into pieces . He took a deep breath and consoled his heart like had been doing since ages . Then he held her Pinky finger with his own and said -