King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter 289

Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Nine

Sephie

The chest tube came out quickly. The nurse made me stay in bed for half an hour after it came out, just to make sure my lung would stay inflated and functioning properly. Once the half hour was up, she came in and told me I could get out of bed. I wanted to get out of bed as much for Adrik as I did for me. I still felt guilty for keeping him trapped with me. I knew a short walk would do him good, too.

I’d had bruised ribs before, but never broken ribs. Both were not something I wished to ever have to deal with again. Every single movement caused pain in my ribs. Andrei and Viktor were there to help me sit up on the edge of the bed. My hospital gown wasn’t secured, so they all got a full view of the bruises down my left side. 1 heard collective cursing.

“If

you

won’t take pain meds from the doctor, will you let me go get you some ibuprofen?” Viktor asked. “I can get snacks, too,” he added, grinning at me.

“I’m more excited about the snacks, if I’m being honest,” I said, trying to pull the st upid hospital gown around me. “Can you get me some clothes too? This thing makes me want to murder people.”

“You got it,” Viktor said, laughing at me.

front of me. “Hold on to me,” he said as he helped me stand. Once I was standing, he wrapped the hospital gown around me, tying it so it would stay in place. His hand brushed against my skin. “Grab her a pair of my sweatpants and

living in your hoodies until her arm comes out of this cast,” Ivan said as he thumped the cast with his finger. “I can’t imagine your tiny little shirts being able to fit over that thing.”

not that tiny. Your shirts are just

as possible,” Viktor said, laughing. He left the hospital room

matter how much pain I was in. Misha and Ivan walked out of the room ahead of us, with Andrei and Stephen behind us. It was still early enough in the evening that people were still visiting friends and family that were in the hospital, so the hallway wasn’t empty. We got plenty of strange looks

I asked Adrik quietly, speaking Russian so we wouldn’t be understood. He laughed at me, leaning over to kiss my cheek. “You can tell them whatever you like, solnishko. Or I can have them all

tempt me,”

excursion into the hallway. “I lied. I’m more excited about

he handed Adrik a bag with clothes for me in

up and move me to the edge of the bed. I was impressed with how gentle they all were, given their massive size. Adrik helped me put his sweatpants on. They were a few sizes too big for me, so he rolled the waistband and tied them tight enough they would stay up. He glanced at the guys, the sweatshirt in his hand. They all turned their backs to me, so as not to see all of me. Adrik carefully took the

playing with the empty sleeve. I smacked Adrik with it

at Adrik, who ripped the wrapper open with his teeth and handed it to me. As soon as the protein bar was in my

complicated. Keep us warm and give us snacks. It’s not rocket science,” I said,

feel like most women are slightly more complicated than

Totally

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