Tears Of A Wife novel Chapter 59

I thought everything was going fine for me. That after all those years, everything will just be normal. But I was wrong. Olive started to give up on us. She gave up because I'm a coward and afraid of telling her what I truly feel.

When Olive left and ended everything between us, that was the most painful moment in my life. I called Trina to drink with me in my house. Senator saw us the next day and caught me with his bodyguards.

"I love you, Olive."

Nothing could hurt me more than that moment. I finally said the words I've been hiding, but I know that she won't believe it. It hurts that she's pushing me away from our child. It hurts to find out that we almost lost our little angel because I wasn't by her side. Because I was a coward, because I let anger take over me.

"I wanted to start a new life with you."

Even if she kept on declining, I never gave up. I don't want to be a coward anymore. I don't want to be scared anymore. I let myself heal from the nightmare of Jen's death before finally opening my heart for Olive. To start anew without any hindrance.

I thought it was the start. I thought we'll finally be happy and forget the past. But everything I thought remained a delusion. Everything between Olive and I seemed to be so impossible.

We lost our baby Oliver. The only connection we had. The only hope is to make Olive happy again. Our little angel that healed the wound in my heart. We lost him and I lost Olive.

"I love you, Olive. You can cry on me or punch me to death until your heart's content," I pleaded.

"Can you still love me if you knew that I can't bear a child?! Tell me, Atlas! Tell me!"

I shook my head at her. I love her not because she could carry my child. My love for her is not that shallow. I love Olive because I love her. Because it's what my heart says and nothing more.

I loved Olive so much that I let her go. I remembered what she said on that University Night. Love was selfless. Maybe it really is. Even if it hurts being away from her, I accepted her decision.

"Don't you love me anymore?" I asked her. We were outside the gate of her house.

"If we're meant for each other, we'll be meant for each other. In our perfect time, Atlas."

I watched her leave. It pains me that she had to leave but we needed to do this. We wrecked ourselves inside a long time. We forced things to happen, but in the end, fate still had its control over things. We couldn't manipulate it. We can't be together.

Love, indeed, was selfless. We needed to heal ourselves before we love again. Time, patience and the strong belief that we still belong to each other. That's what I held onto as the years passed by.

There are things that need to happen and decisions that we need to stand up for. After years of waiting, I didn't know where to start anymore. How we ended. How we set each other free and how I loved her.

I couldn't remember all the reasons. The only thing I knew was that I still loved her after all these years. And that I will still love her until my next life. Olive Trinidad was the only woman who owns my heart.

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