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

Chapter 385: Another Extraction IV

Spider can’t be this stupid! This foolish! This dense! This...

A thud from behind disrupted Ewan’s cursing of his friend as he marched toward the location of the gang they had just escaped from. He had also been tapping furiously on the torchlight he had taken from the table before his jump from the plane.

He paused, frowning, wondering if he had misheard.

Surely not. He surmised. The sound had been unmistakable.

Turning aside, his eyes widened when he saw a figure trying to get up in the dark.

That shape, that gait, could only belong to one person. And when her scent drifted into his nostrils as she approached, he thought he was dreaming, that his need for companionship had conjured the ghost of his ex-wife.

"Athena?" he whispered, as though trying to confirm her presence, even though she now stood a few feet away, staring up at him.

"Are you stupid?" was the response he got in return—a consequence of the worry mixed with annoyance brewing in Athena.

How could he jump off the plane without letting her know? Did he think he was the master of the operations, allowed to do whatever he pleased without informing his partners?

"I should be asking you that," Ewan retorted, recovering his voice, discovering that he was suddenly angry. What if she had broken a leg during the jump?

His question left Athena gobsmacked for a second, before she let out a sarcastic laugh. "You must be kidding me."

But Ewan wasn’t done. His jaw tightened as he took a step forward. "Joking? Woman, I am not! What if you had sustained an injury during the fall? What if you had broken—"

"I didn’t break any, did I?" Athena interrupted sharply, hands folding across her chest, her chin tilting up in defiance.

"You are reckless, and this action of yours is flagrant!" Ewan flung his arms wide in frustration, not believing that this woman had jumped from a plane quite high in the sky, without a parachute!

Did she think she was Superwoman, or Ironwoman?

"Why did you even jump off? You should be taking care of Lucas."

"Because I was worried!!" Athena screamed, her face hot with emotion.

She took a few steps back when she realized what she had just admitted—but she didn’t take it back. Instead...

saw you read something on your phone, saw the worry and fear that cloaked your face, and then

I didn’t stop to think... didn’t even think to think... I just wanted to make sure that you were safe, that you wouldn’t do anything reckless while being worried about Spider. I wanted to make sure that we

His fingers brushed the power button of the slim torchlight, wishing to turn it on so he could see her face properly. She had jumped because

much so that he clutched his fist tight

to say anything?" Athena’s voice trembled

her torchlight from one hand to the other. She was

course she was. Tension was beginning to grow thick between

making statements like that, Athena. I might not be

that, he walked off. He stopped only when he

"Aren’t you coming?"

ungrateful bullock," she cussed, her

hurt, and that’s another guilt I would have to carry. I already

worry

she stopped before him, a defiant tilt

Athena, is impossible. I will worry about you until the day I leave

Maybe she should have stayed back on the plane. Maybe she should

she was paying the price, with these unsettling feelings stirring up within

thank me for being a good partner?" she pressed, pushing away the insane

She was, for one, apologetic to him for doubting his

said

can suffice." Athena muttered, moving

who will take care of Lucas in your

of first-aid treatment. He can handle it until they get to the hangar. I already told Zane to tell my grandfather to keep a

"I’m sure that would be handled

her presence, to enjoy it while it lasted, instead of worrying every second. The woman with him wasn’t an ordinary fellow. She

it. The kids had no problem adjusting either.

to hear that. You all

ending? Athena mused. What was

out..." She left it hanging, knowing he would understand her

with no guards wandering around, no alarms blaring, nothing to indicate their enemies’ knowledge

is more pressure... worsened by the fact that

should stop that, otherwise you won’t heal completely. You should let it go. Maybe go

in the