In less than an hour, Kiara walked back to Zique’s room, fully dressed. “I’m ready.”Zique who sat with his head in his hands looked up at her, forcing a smile. “Alright, I’ll go take a shower and get ready too.”He stood to his feet, kissing her forehead before walking out of the room. His actions were worrisome, she could see the quiver behind his smiles, the indecisiveness in his eyes and even though he was trying so hard to hide it, she could see the sadness that now resided across his face.Was there something he wasn’t telling her?He said it’d be okay, was he lying?Kiara knew she should believe him, but she just couldn’t. His words were so different from his actions...to her, it didn’t seem like it was going to be okay, but...but what could she do about it?She was so useless in everything she did...there was no way she could protect him, nothing she could do to save him. She felt so impotent...Sitting down on the rumpled sheets, she fumbled her knee-length floral dress. She

"She's not pregnant." The words Zique did not want to hear boom against his ears like unwanted noise. "W-What?""The blood test came back negative.""B-But she should be.""Now that you say that, I've noticed a slight lack of Luteinizing hormones in her blood test results. It could be that she's infertile, but I'd have to run an ultrasound to be sure. Something like this shouldn't be confirmed before five months to one year of trying to conceive a child. But nothing's wrong with an early confirmation...even if the test shows that she really is infertile, then I'd suggest you keep trying if a baby is really what you want." He clicked the pen in his hand. "Should I do the ultrasound?"Zique shook his head. An ultrasound wasn't needed to confirm it...after all, it was the only explanation as to why there was no child in his future. She was infertile, she couldn't give him what he really wanted. "No, it's alright. We'll go now."Zique grabbed Kiara's hand, pulling her off the bed and thr

Kiara locked the door to her room before sliding down to the floor against it. She hated this. She truly was too weak to get a happy ending. Life was just too cruel to those who weren’t strong.The pain she was feeling made her wish she hadn’t given up on her revenge for him. She shouldn’t have fallen for his lies, shouldn’t have stopped forcing herself to hate him. She should’ve played him like he played her, then hurt him just like he hurt her.After all she went through to finally trust him, after giving up everything to give him a chance, this was what she got, huh?A broken heart and the same loneliness she thought she had abandoned. It was now her only friend, the only thing that resided by her side because Zique just left her for someone with more strength and with more beauty. But it should’ve been something she expected. She was never good enough for him and she’d never be. He didn’t love her, but why was it that she felt her heart was aching so much because she loved him?Wh

Zique gripped the sheets tighter, preparing for a pain that did not come. Those imaginary strings around his heart did not tighten and the imaginary pins and needles did not dig an inch deeper.He didn’t understand, Shontelle had already taken in more than a half of his c*ck, why did he not feel as though he was dying?Why was the curse not attacking him?What was going on?Have the goddess finally decided to give him a break?Was she going to let him sow a child in peace?Or was it...was it that the curse was broken?Zique shook his head. The curse wasn’t broken, the old man said it wasn’t, the old man saw him in a puddle of blood...but if the curse wasn’t broken, what was the explanation for this?Was the elder really mistaken?Was he...?A moan from Shontelle brought Zique back to reality and he gripped her hips even before she could start moving them. “Get off.”Shontelle tilted her head, her gaze switching from that of intoxication to one filled with malice. “What is it now? You

Kiara’s feet burnt as she ran through the forest. She didn’t know where she was going, but she was going somewhere...somewhere far away like she had promised herself...She was finally free from it all, there was nothing to keep her here anymore, the chains that bound her had fallen and the person who had chained her has fallen as well...But why was her heart burning with regret now that the red in her eyes had cleared?Why did that look that had been on his face hurt her so much?And why did the way he stutter out her name stung like a bite?Why was sh...?Kiara shook her head. No matter how she looked at it, he deserved it, he killed her parents and he almost killed her too. What she did was pay back for it all. The pain she felt, he must’ve felt it back tenfold, b-but...Kiara clenched her fists. No, she shouldn’t regret it, it was already done. But those tears that had fallen down his face, that desperate look in his eyes...goddess...she wanted to forget it; every memory with him