Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 20

Chapter 20 ~ A touch that hurts

Chapter 20 A touch that hurts

Athena

Pain.

It's the first thing I feel, a deep, searing ache that spreads through my entire body like wildfire. My limbs feel like dead weight,

my head is pounding, and my throat is raw as if I had

swallowed shards of glass. My lashes flutter open, and the bright, lights of

the hospital sting my vision. The beeping of a monitor echoes in my ears.

Am I dead?

Moving my neck tells me the answer because the pain I feel is excruciating.

I inhale slowly, but even that hurts.

"Athena?"

The voice

is soft, but also sounding panicked. I'm pretty sure my family doesn't give a shit about me so that can't be them.

Hell, they wouldn't cross the road just to check on how I'm doing.

So who is it?

My brain is mushy and there is an annoying ring in my ears as I

turn my head slightly-every movement like dragging through

molasses-and my gaze lands on Giana.

Her usually composed face is streaked with worry, her wrinkled hands trembling as they reach for me, smoothing my hair away from my damp forehead.

"Oh, my darling girl," she whispers, her voice a gentle whisper "You scared us.'

>>

Us.

I blink sluggishly, my eyes shifting past Giana, only to meet

Ariana's soft eyes watching me with tears in her eyes.

Was she crying?

For me?

is always so poised, it's so strange seeing her shaken with an

inside me and

I have a family that loves

hits me like a punch in

me when they find out what Alex

been nothing but a

and ruin my

thing I know, is that

firsthand how it turns out when you

Just the thought of what they will do to

light had just

were so scared," Giana Mumurs, squeezing

me out of my own death sentence.

sweetheart. What happened?"

Fall.

memories crash into me like a

The stairs.

The pain.

me

wincing at the dryness of my throat. My

rises above a whisper.

nods quickly, helping me take a few sips of

it does nothing for

raging inside me.

Then, I feel it.

A presence.

pulse stutters, my

And there he is.

Alex.

corner of the

fists. His jaw is tight, his expression

first time in forever, I see something in

Worry?

Pain?.

I'm just desperate to

I fell too hard and I'm now imagining stupid

care about

heard

lips twitch into a bitter smile, my voice hoarse as

think I'd

you?"

if reminding himself that they're here.

to play the role

une concerned husband...

ignited for a split second

void in its place.

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