Dear Ex Wife Please take me back (Athena and Alex) novel Chapter 125

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.

Noah drops into a chair, his hands buried in his hair while his shoulders shake with quiet despair.

Ian stands like stone, but I see it, how his jaw tightens, how his eyes turn glassy before he blinks it away.

He looks so out of it. I don't think he's even aware of what's happening.

I didn't think Ian would fall for any woman. He looked so engrossed in his work and proving to his father that he was capable of taking over Quins Foundation.

Mum clutches Dad as though he’s the only thing anchoring her to the ground, tears streaming down her face.

“Now Athena too? What is going on?” She cries.

Unable to move,

I remain standing.

Because if I sit, I won’t get back up.

Because the truth is staring me right in the face.

Athena passed out from the weight of it all.

Sloane is alive… but barely.

And I’m the reason they both ended up here.

Because I let a snake into our lives.

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