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Gadomor

Gadomor's Book(1)

Old Hearts, New Self

Old Hearts, New Self

Short stories
5.0
Love. One word that holds meanings and memories. Or so what Adrian thought. 3 years. 3 years of being a devoted and loving husband for his cold wife, Bella. 3 years of arranged marriage by their parents for business ties. For those 3 years, never once did his wife reciprocate his warmth. Instead, Bella founds solace in Carlos' arms, her first love. A typical story, isn't it? The difference is, Adrian always knew that his affection will not be matched against Bella's love for Carlos. He is, after all, playing his part as her husband for parties, deals and negotiations, and business events wherever and whenever she needed him. But what happens if Adrian suddenly vanished. No calls, no texts or messages, or every things he had even though only a few are truly gone, like he never existed all along. Would Bella regret, regret that she mostly spend time on her work and her first love? Regret that she never see clearly her husband's face while she had the chance? Would she miss Adrian's warmth that she had taken for granted? Only her can tell. Another 3 years passed by without anyone knowing where A could had disappeared to. Everything seems normal, except for Bella who have been using her resources to look for the 'missing husband' while still working and had cut ties with her first love after finding out his vile intentions of getting close to her. In those years, she never gave up as she knew in her heart that he is still alive, along with the realization that she had fallen for him. One afternoon, as Bella wraps up another normal deal in the restaurant, she sees Adrian unexpectedly walking on the streets, stern, cold, and dominant, a stark contrast to the warm and loving husband she remembered. And another thing she noticed is his clothes fitted on his toned body, a uniformed shirt and pants that represents his profession as a soldier. Clearly, Adrian had changed for the past 3 years. She strides out of the restaurant following Adrian but he is no longer to be seen. There's no mistaken that it's him that Bella had seen. And this time, she will do anything just to look for him and fix her relationship with him. As for how it ended, that is for you to find out. After all, there are a lot of paths and scenes that can happened. But in the end, there's always an ending, a closure, just like in any stories.