Dark Revenge Of An Unwanted Wife: The Twins Are Not Yours!

Chapter 253: Long Night XVII

Athena tried to open her eyes, hearing murmurs around her, but her eyelids felt heavy, her brain fuzzy, unable to process the sounds. The words buzzed like bees—uncomfortable and disorienting.

She wished she could tell whoever it was to stop talking, but her tongue felt heavy too. What medication had they given her?

She inhaled softly at first, then exhaled just the same, needing to reorient herself before taking deep breaths.

She tried to remember the circumstances that had led her to feel like dead weight. Slowly, she began retracing her steps—from having dinner at Old Mr. Thorne’s house to going on the mission. And then the floodgates opened, memories pouring and tumbling over one another.

Athena inhaled sharply when she remembered overhearing Heron and Dax talk about her. It wasn’t an illusion. It had actually happened!

Her eyes shot open, and she jerked into a sitting position with startling speed, catching the attention of everyone surrounding her bed. Her brows furrowed, however, when she saw Ewan stepping toward her. How was it that he was awake before her?

"According to the specialist, you had strained yourself, even after treating yourself, hence the delay in your recuperation. You were on the lookout?" Ewan asked, concern visible in his eyes and voice tone.

Athena nodded, not saying a word as Ewan sat on the bed beside her. Instead, she took an inventory of the people in the room, realizing she was back in her actual room at Old Mr. Thorne’s house.

There was Old Mr. Thorne, Aiden, Zane, and Sandro. And then there was Colt, the chief of the president’s secret security service.

"Colt, what are you doing here?"

Colt, his lips pressed into a thin line, had no joy in answering this woman who had duped them, deceiving them clearly without regard for the president. She should be prosecuted for such, yet the president’s interest seemed to be rather piqued.

here on behalf of the president. He instructed me to stay until you wake up,

again, slowly. "I see. Please send my thanks and regards to him, then. I feel better now.

knew enough to understand that her words were a dismissal. She had a lot to talk about with the people in the room, but she wouldn’t because of

president? Didn’t she realize she was safer

with any reasonable reports, he gave her a curt nod and turned to walk toward

needing to fulfill his duty to the fullest. "Did you find any clues

her head. "Not at all. The gang

had predicted it all along. "I figured as much. See

"See you around, Colt."

Athena asked, surprise tinging her voice a few

on his phone and assumed that one of the agents was

the gas; Zane filled me in when I woke up," Ewan replied. "Are you sure you

Aiden. "You look pale too."

nodded. "Just a bit shaken, considering the news

She hadn’t wanted Susan

the next room. Last I checked, she was

asked, noticing the absence of her

after four."

would soon be waking up. Athena thought. She