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?

so strange seeing her shaken with an

and tears prick my

feels like I have

me like

deceived them. Will they forgive me when they find out what Alex and I are keeping from them? They've been

been nothing but a liar and

will probably hate me and ruin my life while

is one thing I know, is that

forgive and never forget. I've seen firsthand how it

what they will do to

light had just taken

were so scared," Giana Mumurs,

out of my own death sentence. "You

sweetheart. What happened?"

Fall.

me like a tidal

The stairs.

The pain.

someone push me Or

swallow, wincing at the dryness of my throat. My lips part,

rises above a whisper.

helping me take a few sips

it does nothing for the

raging inside me.

Then, I feel it.

A presence.

My pulse stutters, my

And there he is.

Alex.

in the corner of the room, his tall

His jaw is tight, his expression unreadable. But it's his eyes that

chest tighten. Because for the first time in forever, I see something in them-

Worry?

Pain?.

maybe I'm just desperate

and I'm

doesn't care about me.

he heard

into a bitter smile, my

I'd

you?"

Ariana as if reminding himself that

to play the role

une concerned husband...

had ignited for a split second flickers and dies, leaving nothing but an empty,

void in its place.

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