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?

woman is always so poised, it's so strange seeing her

and tears

feels like I have a family

guilt hits me like a punch in

out what Alex and I are keeping from them?

been nothing but a liar

probably hate me and ruin my life while at

is one thing I know, is that The

forget. I've seen firsthand how it

they will do to me, makes

light had just

so scared," Giana

out of my own death sentence. "You took

sweetheart. What happened?"

Fall.

me

The stairs.

The pain.

push me

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

a

me take a few sips

but it does nothing

raging inside me.

Then, I feel it.

A presence.

My pulse stutters, my breath catching

And there he is.

Alex.

in the corner of the room,

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

Because for the first time in forever, I see something in

Worry?

Pain?.

just desperate

too hard and I'm now

doesn't care about me. He probably

when he heard

a bitter smile, my

think I'd

you?"

Ariana as if reminding himself that

to play

une concerned husband...

for a split second flickers

void in its place.

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