Chapter 24\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was nearly incoherent, crying out every injustice and pain she\u2019d suffered over the past three years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She could barely see from crying, but she didn\u2019t care. She just had to let it all go.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ethan didn\u2019t dodge. He didn\u2019t fight back. He just sat there on the ground, letting her hit him, letting her curse him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every single word cut through him like a knife, torturing a heart already torn to pieces.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He reached for her-ignoring her punches, holding her tight, like he was afraid she\u2019d vanish. Like he needed to fuse her into his bones just to survive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry\u2026 Natalie\u2026 I\u2019m sorry\u2026\u201d he choked, again and again. Scalding tears dripped onto her neck. \u201cI\u2019m a bastard\u2026 I was blind\u2026 I failed you\u2026 Hit me, curse me, whatever you want\u2026 Just\u00a0<\/p>\n
don\u2019t leave me\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie fought in his arms, sobbing so hard she couldn\u2019t breathe. \u201cLet me go! Let me go! Ethan Fletcher, I hate you! I\u2019ll never forgive you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHate me all you want\u2026\u201d Ethan only held her tighter, his voice broken, shaking, nothing left but pleading. \u201cJust don\u2019t leave me\u2026 Natalie\u2026 Without you\u2026 I really will die\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At last, it seemed like Natalie\u2019s strength gave out. Her cries grew softer, turning into ragged\u00a0<\/p>\n
little sobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She slumped against him, not fighting anymore, just leaning weakly into his arms, soaking\u00a0<\/p>\n
his shirt with her tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Time passed. It might have been minutes, it might have been forever. Soft rain started to fall from the sky, brushing against them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ethan finally heard her voice, faint and muffled by her sobs. \u201cEthan Fletcher\u2026 I hate you.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time, it wasn\u2019t a sharp accusation. It was hollow, empty, the sound of someone whose\u00a0<\/p>\n
soul was drained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ethan\u2019s heart clenched so hard he flinched. But he only hugged her tighter, desperate like he\u2019d found his only lifeline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He bent his head, his lips trembling as he kissed her rain- and tear-soaked hair. His voice was raw with both relief and pain:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHate me all you want\u2026 Just don\u2019t leave me\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The rain fell harder, icy needles piercing them as it drenched their bodies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But neither one moved. They stayed like that in the empty arena, clinging to each other-two wounded souls, holding on with everything they had. One cried until there was nothing left;\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 24\u00a0<\/p>\n
the other held on like he\u2019d never let go.\u00a0<\/p>\n
.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Woke Up and Left the Cage of My Marriage 24 Chapter 24\u00a0 She was nearly incoherent, crying out every injustice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-woke-up-and-left-the-cage-of-my-marriage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}