Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

ALEX

"I'm not sure, boss. The medical team has yet to assess her."

The call ends before I realize I've hung up.

My foot slams the gas, the tires screaming as I rip back onto the road.

Two miles northeast. I repeat it like a prayer. Like it'll bring her back to me faster.

The rain has now reduced to showers, which makes it a whole lot easier to see.

She was screaming.

That sound... it'll haunt me forever.

I'm soaked to the bone with my teeth clenched and my hand a death grip on the wheel.

But I don't care. I'll drive through fire if I have to

Then, through the showers, red and blue lights appear in the distance, flashing, pulsing sirens faint over the sound of my speed.

I slam the brakes just behind an ambulance.

I barely put the car in park before I'm out and running toward Athena.

"Alex!" lan meets me halfway, already pulling off his gloves.

"She's awake and stable for now, but still in shock. I need to scan her for internal injuries. We can't risk moving her too much."

I don't hear anything else after awake.

She's not very hurt!

My heart jumps in relief.

I rush past him to the back of the ambulance, where the doors are still open.

She's sitting in the back of the ambulance, a blanket draped over her shoulders, her hair damp and clinging to her cheeks. Her eyes are wide, staring blankly ahead, and my chest caves in at the sight.

I climb in and wrap my arms around her without hesitation, pulling her into me like my life depends on it.

resist. She melts against me, trembling, cold

Athena," I whisper into her soaked hair. "You scared the hell

she mumbles, her

counter,

"We're taking her to

says suddenly. "I want

back just enough to see her

state to

eyes glassy but determined.

I pause.

Everything in me stills.

Zayan?

have heard wrong,

me the heated bottle."

soft voice

and place her carefully in the back of

give a second." I smile at her,

towards lan and pull

she think I'm Zayan?" I

looks at me with

"She called you that?"

nod once, my jaw tight. "She looked straight at me and said it. Not

"Could be the shock. Mild concussion maybe. Sometimes

said she's stable and she wants to go home. I'll convince her to do it tomorrow. 'll stay with her and keep watch all night if I have to. Just tell me

sighs. "Honestly? It's not uncommon. But if it continues after some rest, we need to get her scanned immediately. The fact that she's coherent enough to argue and recognize

nod. "I

clasps my shoulder before turning

glance back at the car, where she sits curled into herself, the blanket wrapped tightly around her shoulders. The rain's reduced to a soft drizzle now, and the mist rising from the road

this was another situation, it would have looked romantic with the soft

the scene look like

slide into the driver's seat and turn to

warm enough?"

She nods slowly.

she responds

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