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 expression filled with concern towards

and tears prick

like I have a family

then guilt hits me like a punch

deceived them. Will they forgive me when they find out what Alex and I are keeping from them? They've been nothing

nothing but

me and

there is one thing I know,

forget. I've seen firsthand how it turns out when you

what they will do to me, makes

had

so scared," Giana Mumurs,

out of my own death sentence. "You took

sweetheart. What happened?"

Fall.

me like a tidal

The stairs.

The pain.

someone push me Or

at the dryness of my throat. My lips part,

rises above a whisper.

quickly, helping me take a few sips of water. The cool liquid

it does nothing for the

raging inside me.

Then, I feel it.

A presence.

pulse stutters, my breath catching as

And there he is.

Alex.

stands in the corner of the room, his tall frame

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

the first time in forever, I see

Worry?

Pain?.

just desperate to

too hard and I'm now imagining

doesn't care about me.

when he heard I

into a bitter smile, my voice hoarse as I

I'd

you?"

if reminding himself

play

une concerned husband...

fragile hope that had ignited for a split second flickers and dies, leaving

void in its place.

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