The next time I open my eyes I feel cold, yet also relieved. So I'm not dead yet! Well too bad I'm still feeling this world's sufferings, my thoughts are interrupted by muffled voices which seem near

"Are you sure it was an explosion?" One voice asked.

"Of course do you think a plane can survive that long?" The second voice replied.

"Let me hope that everyone was out at least." The first voice pipes up again.

"We tried our best" I instantly recognized Leon's voice filled with sadness but I felt relieved somehow. I tried to get up but a sharp pain in my ribs prevented me and I let out a groan. That caught the attention of the voice because immediately I felt someone besides me.

"Are you feeling okay?" Leon.

"No...my ribs hurt like hell" I whine and wince at the pain. Even talking was bringing pain and it was increasing with each passing minute.

"Where are we?" I whisper

"I don't know, we just found ourselves in the middle of nowhere...hey you are freezing," He comments, gathering me in his strong arms. Any sort of cold I was feeling vanished almost immediately.

"I think that I seriously hurt my ribs."

"Okay let's see" he said lifting the hem of my shirt and he called someone named Ben.

"Get that box you were using. She is bleeding badly." He calls out and I hear something in his voice I've never heard in the little time I've known him. Fear. He grabbed something I couldn't see, but what it actually felt was cold. He started massaging me and as if on cue I felt the pain subsidizing but I couldn't enjoy the feeling for much longer.

I fainted again.

Why the hell did I choose to go in this plane to find myself in the middle of nowhere? I could have considered Emily's suggestions. But no, it is a coincidence that I happen to think the same thing that woman suggested.

No one influences me nor makes me change my mind. For 26 years now, everyone looks up to me expecting me to be the great man they have imagined, especially since I am the only child.

Two years ago, I was ready to abandon everything for my family but when Liza, my wife, died, everything shattered. Since then I only have eyes for my daughter and work only.

I was against the idea of my second marriage, but dad, as he is, left me no choice. Either to accept or lose the company. But I never thought that it would be this disastrous but thank God there is only 6 months left of it. I can't stand any more minute with her nor can my daughter, no matter how she changes.

I'm lost in my thoughts when Ben approached me "What are we going with these people? Some are in pain every single second."

"We have nothing else to do except to hope that aid comes soon." I replied and I heard a growl. We all glanced to where it came from.

"Are there any wild animals in this place?" Someone asked

"We don't know but let's hope whatever that was does not attack us"

That was the last thing I wanted, to be attacked by animals.

Something bright was shining on me as I woke up.

Of course, it was the sunlight.

I get up and surprisingly I don't feel pain anymore in my ribs. I adjust my eyes and I realize I'm in a forest but in the distance I hear waves crashing rocks.

I start walking towards the sound of water, now realizing how thirsty I am. Leon must have left me here, but when I reached there I found him sitting alone.

"Where is everyone?" I asked, approaching him as I sat down

"They're somewhere in this damn forest." He snapped at me.

"So how are we going to get out of here?" I asked him. As I approached him I noticed he had a big cut on his hand. "Are you alright?" I reached for it but he flinched away as if he touched fire.

"I don't need your pity right now."

"I am not giving you pity! I just..."

"Just leave me alone." He cut me off.

"Why do you hate me so much?" I was shouting now, extremely angry.

"Are you even asking me that? Do you realize you and I have never had a real relationship even for two days?" Like it is my fault!

"You say that as if it was my fault!" I knowingly accuse him.

"Then whose fault is that? If my memory is still good you have never acted like a wife since the day you laid your foot in my house. You talk of changing but I don't believe you, not even for a second." He growls. He clicked a red button and I stood up with fury and he did the same.

"So how does a 'real wife' behave? Huh? Tell me Mr. I know everything!" I screamed, breaking my gaze as he started walking towards me

"Start learning woman!" He hisses.

Before I got a chance to interpret what he said, he pulled me toward him and kissed me.

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