Chapter 100

Raine could not describe her feelings when Mark left with Summer. It weighed on her heart so much that she felt suffocating, but more of sadness. Since she decided to let go of Mark completely and during her three years in Athana, she had been on the recollection stage and reminiscing about the time they had been together. Things had been out of sight and out of mind for quite a while. But now, things were happening in front of her. She did not know how she could stay aloof anymore. She was confused and emotionally disarrayed—so much so that she did not know what to do. He was now giving another woman the love and affection that he used to shower on her. She used to plan where they would go on their honeymoon, and imagine what life would be like after marriage. But things fell apart. It was not her who became his wife; it was not her who went on the honeymoon; and it was not she who lived with him after marriage. Her hands on her sides squeezed the quilt, her mind a muddle. The