Wife's Suffering

in the ornate mirror across the room seemed almost foreign to her - beautiful, poised, and yet empty, like a puppet trapped in a world of strin

rriage to Rafael Aziel, the man she loved with all her heart, had become a suffocating cage. Every day was a battle to maintain her composure as she endured the harsh wor

she had believed. He had shown her affection in the early days of their marriage, giving her hope that their union could become something real. But with every passing

is mother and the family business, Alayna could feel the weight of the loneliness pressing against her chest. She had tried so ha

ould know your place, Alayna," she had said coldly. "You are not one of us. You were never meant to

as mere cruelty, but they had lodged themselves deep in her heart. It hurt, more than anything else, becaus

loved him, and that love was the only thing that kept her from breaking. Rafael was the man she had chosen, the man who had

ng that it was Rafael returning, but when the door creaked open, it was not her husband who stepped insi

ask the frustration that threatened to bubble to the surf

lf comfortable," she remarked, her tone dripping with sarcasm. "I wonder how long you

ting of the words show. "I'm doing the best I can

ayna. You will never be enough for Rafael. He deserves someone who can bring something o

cried enough for this marriage, enough for the constant rejection. "I love him,"

. Rafael will never truly love someone like you. You are nothing more than a tempor

cal blow. She had always known that she wasn't truly accepted by Rafael'

e here is running out. Sooner or later, Rafael will see th

she feared that she already knew the truth. She had seen the way Rafael's eyes had begun to drift away from her, the wa

n the silence, the walls of her perfect prison closing in around her. She couldn't s

rn to her, that he would remember the love they once shared. She had

She knew that the road ahead would not be easy. But no matter how many times she was knocked down, no matter how much pain she endured,