Deafened By His Hateful Words

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t too much to bear. Tears, hot and uncontrollable, streamed down my face. My body convulsed wit

o tenderly signed promises of forever, now moved with an almost frantic urgency. He formed

y from the prying eyes and the blaring music, to control the narrative, to contain the d

d and cold, pierced through my raw vulnerability. "Let her go, Emiliano! She' s always so dramatic

t, her voice dripping with venom. "Always the victim. Always needing you to make h

He didn't defend me. He didn't even try. His silen

with brutal clarity. "Always so fragile. So easily broken. It got... suffocating." He looked at Keis

me, that my love was so absolute, I would forgive anyt

ying in the chaos. The buzzing in my ears finally subsided, replaced by a quiet, dete

slightly but my gaze unwavering. "And I'm not

music a surreal backdrop to my internal earthquake. I walked out of the club, not lookin

can always come home, Adell. But understand, there will be conditions." Her condition always revolved around my future, my choices. She had warned me about codepende

dismissing her wisdom as cold calculation. She wasn'

I opened my contacts and found my mother's number. It had been years since I'd called her

it's back. In both ears." The miraculous return of my hearing, the one positive thing to emerge

eath on the other end. "The arranged introduction. I' ll marry whoever you choose, as lo

pain was still a raw wound, but beneath it, a tiny spark of resilience flickered. I was done being the

y love, my hearing, poured into a man who saw me as a burden, a charity case. The weight of that realization settled on me, heavy and cold. But

a message forming for Emiliano. "