His Merciless Redemption novel Chapter 193

Chapter 193

Chapter 193

Isabella’s POV

The car door shut with a quiet, final sound that seemed louder than it should have.

I didn’t say anything as Dominic started the engine. I didn’t look at him either.

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Instead, I stared straight ahead, my hands resting in my lap, fingers loosely intertwined, my thoughts moving too fast and too slow at the same time.

Everything from the past hour replayed in fragments.

The ultrasound. That tiny, fragile circle on the screen. The way Dominic had looked at it. The way he had stayed. The way he had said we’ll face it together.

And then, Alessia. With her arms around him like she belonged there. Like that was normal.

Like I was the one who didn’t belong.

My chest tightened slightly, and I forced myself to take a slow breath, steadying it before it could turn into something else.

Don’t, I told myself firmly. Don’t spiral. Not now. Not here.

The car moved smoothly through traffic, the city passing by in a blur of muted colors, but I barely registered any of it.

“Isa.” His voice was quieter than usual, careful, like he was stepping into something fragile.

I didn’t respond immediately. Not because I wanted to ignore him. But because I didn’t know what to say yet.

After a moment, I finally turned my head slightly. “Yes?”

He glanced at me briefly efore looking back at the road.

“What happened back there,” he started, then paused, like he was choosing his words. “It wasn’t planned.”

A small, humorless breath left me. “I figured,” I said.

Because what else could it have been?

He wasn’t careless like that. Not in public. Not in a place like that. But that didn’t really change anything.

“It doesn’t change anything.” he added.

I looked at him then. “What doesn’t?” I asked quietly.

His jaw tightened slightly. “What I said to you,” he replied. “What I meant.”

Something in my chest shifted at that. But it didn’t settle. Because the problem wasn’t just what he meant. It was everything around it.

“She’s still there, Dominic.” I said softly. I didn’t need to say her name. We both knew who I meant. “She’s not just someone in your life. She’s your fiancée.

The word felt strange on my tongue, heavy and so very wrong.

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“She won’t be,” he said immediately.

“You say that.” I replied, my voice calm but edged with something quieter. “But she’s still here. Right now. Hugging you in the middle of a hospital like that’s exactly where she’s supposed to be.”

He didn’t interrupt, didn’t argue. Good. Because I wasn’t done.

“And maybe she is,” I added, my voice dropping just slightly. “Maybe that’s exactly where she is supposed to be”

Silence. The kind that presses against your chest because it forces you to hear your own thoughts too clearly.

“I don’t fit into that,” I said after a moment, more quietly now. “Not like that”

Not in the open. Not in the way she does. Not in the way that doesn’t need explaining

Dominic’s grip on the steering wheel tightened slightly.

“You do,” he said.

I shook my head. “No,” I said softly. “I don’t.”

Because if I did this wouldn’t feel like this. Like something temporary. Something uncertain. Something that could be taken away the moment things shifted.

“I won’t keep you in the background,” he said, his voice firmer now.

I let out a small breath. “That’s exactly where I am.”

The words weren’t sharp. They were tired. Because I wasn’t angry. I was just exhausted. From the constant push and pull. From the almost. From the way things felt right when it was just us, and completely unstable the moment the rest of the world stepped in.

“I don’t want to be someone you have to explain.” I continued, my gaze drifting back to the window. “Or hide. Or manage around someone else.”

I paused.

“And I definitely don’t want that for my children.”

That word felt different now. Children. Plural. Real.

My hand moved instinctively to my stomach again, resting there lightly.

A reminder. A grounding point. Something steady in the middle of everything that wasn’t

The car slowed slightly at a signal, and for a moment, neither of us spoke.

I’m ending it,” he said finally.

I closed my eyes briefly.

“You said that before.”

“And I meant it then too.”

I opened my eyes, turning my head slightly. “But you didn’t do it.”

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A beat of silence. Because that was the truth. And we both knew it.

“It’s not that simple,” he said

I almost laughed Of course it wasn’t Nothing with him ever wa

“I know,” I said quietly. “That’s the problem.”

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Another silence settled between us. But this car els differers Heavier More honest. Because we weren’t avoiding it anymore. We were looking straight at in And it all wasn’t crannagh

“I’m not asking you to trust me blindly, he said after a moment, his voice lower now I know I haven’t earned that”

That made something in my chest tighten. Because at least he knew. At least he wasn’t pretending

“But I am asking you to give me time,” he added. “To fit tha

I looked at him again. At the man who had hurt me. The man who had loved me. The man who was trying, maybe for the first time in the right way.

And I didn’t know what to do with that.

Because wanting to believe him felt just as dangerous as not believing him at all

“I don’t know if time is enough,” I admitted quietly.

He didn’t respond immediately, didn’t push, didn’t argue And somehow, that made it worse. Because it meant he understood.

The car came to a stop outside my building. Neither of us moved right away. The engine idled softly, filling the silence with a low hum.

“This isn’t just about us anymore,” I said after a moment, my voice softer now. “It’s about them.”

Mateo. The baby. Everything that came with them.

“They need stability,” I continued. “Consistency. Not this”

I gestured vaguely between us. This undefined space. This almost. This not quite.

“I know,” he said.

And for once. I believed that he did.

I reached for the door, my fingers wrapping around the handle before I paused

“I meant what I said earlier, I added, not looking at him. “About wanting a normal life.”

A quiet one. A safe one. One where I didn’t have to question everything. Every moment. Every feeling. Every future

“I know he repeated

I nodded once. Then I opened the door.

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I stepped out, closing the door behind me, but before I could walk away, he called out to me.

“Isa.”

I turned slightly.

He was still inside, his hand resting on the steering wheel, his gaze fixed on me. “I meant what I said too.”

A small pause.

“About trying.”

Something in my chest tightened again.

I held his gaze for a second longer than I should have. Then I nodded.

Not fully convinced. But not fully closed off either.

And for now, that was all either of us had.

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I turned and walked inside, the weight of everything settling back into place. Because nothing had been resolved. Nothing had been fixed.

But something had shifted.

Just enough to keep everything uncertain. Just enough to keep me holding on. Even when I wasn’t sure if I should.

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