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"Mirror mirror on the wall, never compare beauty to tell who is the prettiest of all.

Even you are capable to break down to shreds of glass and then no one will spare you even a single glance.

You still ask where to find the purest beauty of all.

Then remember the one who dares to mends all your  broken pieces of glass

As she deserves to be called the prettiest of all.

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She stood there welcoming her death.
Oblivious to everything else.

Those bright headlights coming near her.
But sadly she couldn't move a muscle.

An unknown tear escapes her brown eyes as she closed them welcoming her tragic fate.

24 years of existence was all she got and now she had to bid her farewell.

Her thin frame shivered like a leaf, under the disastrous storm and even worse ,destiny.

As the sound of the car engine got closer, she held up her hands in natural defence.
The light got blocked but sadly the impact wouldn't be.

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A sudden warmness was felt on her waist and she thought it to be her end.

Blood has warmth she thought, which she never knew of earlier

The warmness moved upwards to enclose her back inside it.

Wasn't death painful?

Why does it feel like heaven when it should pain like hell?

Deciding to solve the mystery, she opened that doe like eyes.

Her breath got stuck the second they landed on those cold blue eyes of her husband.

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The warmness moved on her waist, making her realise that it was his touch which made her feel like heaven.

A pull was felt on her waist and she landed on his hard chest.
Her shaking fingers landing on his toned abs which were now visible under his drenched shirt.

He had her enclosed in his arms, making her turn her back to the blinding lights of the car.
While he stood still staring at their approaching death with a dangerous calmness in his eyes.

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She gripped his shirt tightly and pressed her face to his chest.
Hoping for just one thing.

Miracle

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A sudden jerk was felt.
Followed by a loud crash

Peace
It felt too peaceful all of a sudden.

Were they dead?

Surprisingly the warmness near her waist was still there and this made her open her eyes and look up.

They stare shocked at his face which looked untouched, his eyes refusing to match hers.

Instead, they were fixed on the scene behind her.

Following his stare, she decided to turn around to be only stopped by the grip of his large hands on the back of her neck.

The only thing which she managed to see was his other extended arm that had a metal object enclosed in it.

The hands which were aiming at something.

Or rather have shot down something.

Whimpers left her lips.

She was alive?

They were alive?

Her angel....is fine

Listening to her cries, his cold stare left the scene behind her, to look at those quivering lips.

"Shhhh"
He only managed to whisper while tracing her face with his fingers.

With the pistol still held in his hand, his finger managed to first stop at her eyes, followed by her nose and finally settling at her lips.

She could feel the heat of the nozzle, from where a bullet has just been fired.

But he didn't intend to put away the pistol just now.
She could see a silencer fitted in it, making her guess the reason of the silent fire.

While she was enjoying the victory, he stood there silently analysing the scene of the accident behind her.

To which she was oblivious.

A car was on verge of getting blown up, as clouds of smoke surrounded it.

The tyre was shot to make the car divert from the road and hit a nearby tree.

But his eyes were focused on something else, he caught a movement at the seat of the car.

"Can you stand?"

He asked looking at her for just a mere second

She nodded with him unwrapping her hands from his waist.

Pulling her towards the safety of his car, he opened the car and made her sit inside.

Before she could utter a word, the door was slammed shut at her face.
Making her look at him with worried eyes.

She expected him to come and sit at the driver's seat.
But sadly those were not his intentions

"Stay inside, don't come near"

He ordered, pulling away from her and making his way towards the accidental car.

A clicking sound was heard, making her freeze in horror.
He has locked the car.

She realised what he was doing and couldn't help scream after him.

"Ash no!! It's going to blow up!! Move back!! Please...what are you doing..move back!!"

Her eyes had tears in them as she kept pulling the handle of the car in desperation.

Why wasn't it opening from the inside!

Banging on the closed windows she kept shouting at him to come back.
But sadly he was away from her reach now.

She could see it all.

The start of fire near the engine.

Him moving towards the door and pulling it open.

Him dragging someone out of the car.

The fire moving towards the fuel tank.

The sound of approaching police sirens and ambulance.

But she couldn't do anything.

Her elbows were bruised trying to hit on the glass windows.

Her eyes were tired ready to welcome the much-awaited darkness.

But she just couldn't.

She has to see him safe.

He can't die.

His silhouette was visible, surrounded by flames and smoke.

He held someone in his arms as he made his way towards a nearby tree and placed the body down.
Leaving her body rested on the safety of the tree.

He turned around to look at her.
His cold stare landed on those worried eyes of his wife.

He genuinely smiled at her, making her melt the very second.

She could see hope.

He will be fine.

Placing her hand on her heart, she sighed in relief.
Each step he took towards her felt torturous.

Each second felt like hours.

He was a few feet apart now.

But then suddenly, all her hopes crashed like a flickering candle.

A loud blast was seen making the very glass of her car to vibrate.
Her car shook violently, making her duck down her head in safety.

Shards of glass rained over her as she held her head in her arms for defence.

Silence.

The deafening silence was all she could hear.
Her hearing ability felt impaired for a minute or so.
As the high decibels numbed her senses.

The realisation came upon her and she tried lifting herself up from her safe corner.

Havoc surrounded her.
Burning pieces of tires and metal.
Black clouds of smoke
Suffocating smell of burning rubber.

Her eyes only looked for one person, but sadly he couldn't be found anywhere.

With heart-throbbing thinking of the worst-case scenario.
She managed to come out of the safety of the car through the escape route of a broken window.

She looked at the same place where he stood a few seconds ago.

Nothing.

Moving towards it with shaking legs she cried with desperation.

"Ash.... please... please be safe......."

Tears were rolling down her cheeks without her even knowing.
To make it worse she felt like something was building up inside her.

Something which was making her light-headed and tired.
Something which her body was trying to tell her but she couldn't understand.

Ignoring it she kept moving forward, her eyes landing on the person who single handedly destroyed her whole life.

"Please...save.....me"

Came a desperately cry from behind the tree.

Elle's moist eyes spotted the source.

"Elle child....I am sorry.... please... don't give me to the police.....I...beg.... please-"

Elle felt pity for her which she knew she should not feel.
She should shoot a bullet through her thick skull for all that she did to her.

But sadly she couldn't.

The goodness in her stopped her from killing her, just the way she killed her mother.

Taking away her gaze from her, she looked around for him.

And that's when she saw him.

Surrounded by the policeman and medical staff.
He was making his way towards her on a limping leg.

Blood was all she saw on him.
His clothes were all red.

There was a deep wound on his forehead that was seeping with blood, but he didn't look much bothered by it.

His anxious eyes were only fixed on her worried ones.

Closing the distance between them, she literally ran towards him and engulfed him.

He stumbled a bit due to his injured leg, but still managed to catch her.

"You....you...scared me....I... thought..m ...I....lost you...I hate you....how....how co-"

He smiled at her words and tightened his grip on her.

The words he spoke next, made her go silent.

"I love you....I love you so much dammit! "

Pulling her back, his eyes scrutinised her to see if she has suffered from any injuries.
Cupping her face in his hands, he asked her one question again and again

"I am so sorry....so fuck*** sorry for getting you into this mess...are you fine Ell?
Does it hurt anywhere? "

She wanted to tell him about her light-headedness and the feeling of numbness in her limbs.
But she refrained.

He already looked so worried, she just wanted to look at that smiling face of his again.
She just wanted to hear him say he loves her, one more time again.

Moving her head in a no, she managed to give him a sad smile with tears still streaming down her cheeks.

His fingers cleaned the trail of her salty tears, as he looked into her eyes in concern

"Then why are you crying? Does it hurts anywhere..tell me, Ell!"

He was desperate for her answer and she loved seeing his emotions for the first time.
It was today that she saw his raw emotion, without any veil of coldness or secrets.

"I am fine....I ....just ...can you please say it again.."

Her vision was going blurry but she refused to show.
Her body temperature was falling drastically and the beating heart in her chest was forgetting its beat.

He smiled to her demand and next she knows, his other hand tightened on her waist and pulled her towards him.

"I love you Mrs Elle Lockwood....have loved you since the day I traced this face of yours 24 years back.
I have loved you even before I knew what love was.
You are the very definition to the word love my dear Elle"

She smiled as she found her heaven.
Her struggles were coming to an end.

Her grip around his neck was getting weak, as she found the face of her dreams drifting away in half-sleep.

Her shaking fingers managed to touch his face and trace his features.
Just like he did to her earlier.

Those thin fingers moved from his thick brows to his perfect nose.
Further from those cold eyes to those kissable lips.

Her hands were losing their mobility, they felt numb.
But before this numbness spreads to her entire body.
She had to feel his features one last time.

With a lingering touch on his lips, she smiled trying to hide her sadness.

He got fooled by her fake smile and fulfilled her last wish without her even uttering.

He kissed her with all the love he kept hidden all these years.

She responded but only for a first few second.

He wanted to hear her say it.
To tell him that she loved him as much as he did.
But sadly the only thing he got in return was silence.

Sensing her stillness, the smile vanished from his lips and he pulled back from the kiss.

Those brown eyes were closed on him.

Her hands were no longer around his neck but were hanging lifelessly.

"Elle?"

He asked, fear of losing her evident in his voice.
But sadly there was no reply.

His fingers tapped on her face, hoping for those dull eyes to open up.
But sadly they didn't.

Only when he saw her body suddenly jerking in a seizure kind of a thing did he understood the depth of reality.

Her hands started turning blue first, followed by her lips.

His hand rubbed her cold ones, his warm lips tried warming those freezing lips.

But to no avail.

The medical staff rushed in, making him hold her up and make his way towards the ambulance.
His injured leg no longer mattered as his eyes were only fixed on her closed ones.

The loud sirens were the only thing he could hear, her whole body was changing colour and he could see his hope dying away every second.

He could see but do nothing.
Except sit there like and wait.

They reached to only have him part away from her.

As the lights of ICU were switched on, he waited outside with tears streaming down his eyes.

He journey to regret was just beginning when he thought it was a happy ending.

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"Mr Ashton Lockwood?"

He stood up from his seat, to be followed by others.

Elle's father, step mother, Rose, Jake, Lorena.
All came rushing when they got the news.

All of them were anxiously waiting for the doctors next words.
But the doctor was only looking at Ashton's dead eyes.

"You are her husband right?"

Shame on you for calling yourself that.
His voice of regret spoke inside him and he nodded with new tears leaving his eyes.

"Can I talk to you in private? "

Ashton nodded and followed the doctor to his private cabin.
While others stood there in anticipation.

"It was an anaphylactic reaction. The drug she was injected with must have caused it."

Ashton listened in silence, his fist clenching at the realisation that his stupidness has caused this.

"This kind of reaction is very rare but again there are exceptions.
We have done all that we can but sadly things don't look good"

Ashton looked up as his throat suddenly went dry.

"You must be aware that she is almost 22 weeks pregnant.
I am sorry to say Mr Lockwood but we can only try saving one of them."

The words made him go in a state of shock.
All the energy left his body, as he nearly fell down back on his seat.

"You see if we try saving her..the medications will definitely harm the child...or the child will have brain damage or other abnormalities.
Even if we are successful...the chances of the child surviving later...are very rare"

He killed his own child...how inhuman he can be.
His stupidness caused all this.
He will never be able to forgive himself.
He was a murderer.

"Sir please we need an answer right now. .her situation is deteriorating...can-"

"Save my wife."

Were the only words his lips could whisper.
His eyes stared at the papers in front of him.

The papers he is required to sign for giving his approval for killing his own child

"Please sign here"

His shaking hands signed the papers to only have his signature to be wetted by his own teardrops.

The doctor placed an assuring hand on his shoulder, as Ashton stared at the papers with lifeless eyes.

"Trust in God. We will try our best"

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I want to end every cell of mine that has ever hurt you,

But then it takes 7 years for every cell in my body to fully replace as new.

I will wait for you.
I will be fully new to you

To only realise one day that It was not my body but my soul that had to repent for you.

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