Because Alex's hand gripped her neck just before she could touch him.
Abi bit her lips but she didn't feel any fear, despite Alex trying to choke her. His grip was tight but not enough to strangle her.
"A-alex…" she called. "Alex…"
He didn't respond. His fiery eyes continued to blaze with hellfire but they were blank. It was as if all he could see was fire and blood and darkness.
But she knew that something was happening the moment he grabbed her neck. His grip on her didn't loosen but it didn't also tighten. She could still breathe. Did the witch cast a spell on her to protect her or was there something stopping Alex from fully strangling her? It didn't matter. What mattered was that she now had the opportunity to do something.
Tears began to flow from her eyes as she lifted her hands to touch his hand.
"Alex… please come back to me. It's me… Abigail… your wife," she uttered. "Come back to me. Let's go home. I miss you… I miss you so much… Alex…"
She stretched out her hands and she was able to finally touch his face.
"Oh, Alex… I am here to get you. I am here to take you back home. I will never… never leave you all alone again. So please, come back to me. I am here. Your Abigail. Your wife…"
The moment those words left Abi's mouth, Alex suddenly let go.
He stepped backwards, confusion carving on his face as he watched Abi coughing on the ground.
He kept stepping back as if he was trying to get away. When Abi saw this, she immediately got up and took a step towards him.
"Please… Alex… don't go away…" she begged, stretching her hand out towards him.
But Alex didn't take her hand. He just continued stepping backwards with his eyes locked on her. freeweɓnøvel.com
Abigail looked worried. She didn't know what was going on with him. She didn't know what he was going to do next. Was he going to leave? Was he going to run away from her?
She panicked because if he did that, she wouldn't be able to follow him. He was too strong and too fast for her and if he left, how was she going to stop him? She wouldn't allow that to happen. She needed to stop him from running away. She looked at Alex, surveying him, watching to see what he would do next and that was when the necklace with the rings finally caught Abi's attention. They were wrapped around his left hand. She subconsciously held her neck and realized that the necklace and rings in his hand were the ones she had been wearing.
Did he pick it up and thought that I was…
Abi's eyes widened. She realized that he must have gone berserk because of this. Once again, she was the cause of all this.
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