ALEX
Shit! I curse under my breath.
I catch her before she hits the floor, her weight folding into my arms like a puppet with its strings cut.
"Athena!" I shout, lowering her gently, cradling her head as panic claws up my throat.
"I need a doctor right now!"
Isabelle is instantly beside me, checking Athena's pulse, her expression calm, but
I can see her resolve cracking.
It's her best friend, after all.
"We need a stretcher!"
A nurse rushes in with one, and I lift Athena onto it carefully, my hand refusing to
let go of hers even as Isabelle moves to wheel her away.
"Let us take it from here, Alex," Isabelle says gently.
But I hesitate.
For a second, I think if I just hold on tighter, maybe I can keep her from slipping further away and from shutting me out completely.
But I nod and step back.
She disappears down the hall, and I'm left standing in the silence that follows.
hands buried in his hair while his shoulders shake
his jaw tightens, how his
I don't think
would fall for any woman. He looked so engrossed in his work and oving to his father that he was capable
anchoring
is going on?" She
Unable to move,
I remain standing.
if I sit, I won't get
truth is staring me right in
out from the weight
is alive... but
reason they
let a snake into our
I didn't
Because I believed Leah.
I'll ever earn
everyone instead of yourself and stayed married to Athena,
inferiority complex, and I've never had the time to
understand
to make sure she gets back on her feet. He's not the only one who loves
King! The Golden Boy. The one we should all worship and kiss the ground he
he needed to punish Leah. She's a bitch and I'll kill her once Sloane stabilizes! But what about Alex, will he just walk away scot free? Even after what he did
don't shut the fuck up-" I
heaving, "You'll what? End me? I'm
your mother is the most
a split second he's being pinned against the wall so fast none of
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