Chapter 195

Izaak was helpless against Gabriella’s interrogation. What should he say? That he was admitted to a hospital because of excessive drinking? His suffering was no match for what she had been through. Gabriella scoffed with a depressed smile, her eyes welling with tears. “You’re asking why I didn’t tell you? I had no means to do that. You shut me out. You disappeared! And I didn’t think it was necessary. I never intended to have the baby anyway.” Izaak was inching to despair. He had almost completely lost faith in her. “Lie if you have to,” he implored. “If you say it was an accident, I will believe you. I’m willing to believe every word you say. Don’t hurt me like this.” Somehow, even after all the things they went through together, the few ups and many downs, it felt like they were back to ground zero. They kept going in circles. She was still unwilling to confess the whole truth, and he was still unable to trust her heart instead of her words. Izaak left the room and shut the door viol