My Ex Husband The Alpha His Brother The Rogue novel Chapter 47

Chapter 47

Chapter 47

-Laila

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I wake up to an annoying beeping sound. It’s loud and consistent. I try to reach out to turn off the alarm clock but my hand feels like it weighs a ton.

Heavy, slow… and it aches dully.

What’s this? Why do I feel like I was run over by a truck?

My eyes slowly come open. I squint as the bright lighting stings my eyes.

Where am I? What is this place?

My head is spinning, an ache pulses in my skull and my mind feels fuzzy. My vision spins and it takes a moment before I’m centered enough to take in my surroundings.

The first thing I notice is that I’m in a hospital. There’s only one place where the smell of disinfectant is so strong, it overpowers everything else.

It doesn’t take long to figure out why I couldn’t move my hand. I’m hooked up to an IV machine. The weird beeping sound is from the heart monitor on my left and the sting is due to the bright, white hospital lights.

The second thing I notice, is the warmth of a hand in mine. It’s moving in a slow, stroking motion, thumb rubbing a soothing circle over the back of my palm.

Whoever it is, the smell of their cologne is familiar and soothing.

Turning my head slightly, my brows furrow to find Cameron sitting beside my bed, his head hung low.

“Cameron?” I call, my voice hoarse.

His head jerks up, and his eyes widen as they meet mine. He leans forward, careful to avoid the IV line.

“You’re awake?” He asks, his tone heavy with concern. “How are you feeling? Can you recognize me?”

I frown slightly. Of course I can recognize him. Why wouldn’t I…?

My thoughts trail off as the memories of how I ended up here slowly return.

The cuisine tasting… Sarah, the slap, and then the fall.

I can still feel a light sting around my cheek where Sarah hit me. My lips purse into a thin line, anger stirring in my veins.

The camera flashes at the last moment surfaces in my mind… Sarah must have already set up reporters to capture the scene of me pushing her down, so once again, I’m made out to be the vindictive woman.

To think she’d planned something like this only a day into the family trip.

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It doesn’t surprise me, but I hate that she’s the reason I’m in the hospital.

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Then, I had to make a split second decision. But now, I can only think of how much Liam’s going to cry his eyes out if he sees me like this.

Liam hates hospitals. I hope no one has told him anything yet.

“Should I get the doctor?” Cameron asks again, when I don’t respond to his questions.

“Why are you here?” My voice cracks, and he quickly reaches for a glass of water, holding it to my lips.

I hesitate for a moment.

“It’s just water, Laila.” He says gently, “Drink it. You need it.”

I take a small sip, the cold liquid soothing my parched throat.

His expression turns guilty, his eyes searching mine. “I… I came as soon as I heard.”

“I… I’m sorry Lails. This shouldn’t have happened.” His tone is pained. “I can’t believe Sarah would do something like this.”

“I know she didn’t intend for you to fall, but she should never have hit you in the first place.”

His words don’t surprise me. Sarah must have already spun a tale to shirk off the blame

“You don’t deserve this… whatever else, it just isn’t right.”

The words are meant to comfort me, but instead, I feel a measure of wistfulness.

Why does she get the benefit of the doubt when I never did?

He can’t believe Sarah would push me down the stairs simply because she claimed she didn’t?

I fell on my own after she hit me? Does he trust her that much? Or is he just too blinded by the mate bond to know better.

I can’t tell. I don’t know how much blame to put on him. Or if he’s just a victim of the feelings he can’t help having for Sarah. I’ve never experienced a true mate bond, how can I know what it feels like?

Only a few are blessed with it. And Sarah…is Cameron’s blessing.

The thought is more painful than the fall was. I thought I was over it, but with Cameron staring at me with a guilty gaze,

I can’t help but wonder if he would still be the same if things had gone Sarah’s way.

Or would I be banished again?

His tone holds sincerity that he has no rights to. And my chest constricts, still painfully aware of him.

If anyone has hurt me more than Sarah has, then it’s Cameron.

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He’s the only reason she’s in our lives in the first place. All those nights alone in bed, longing… hoping, while knowing he would always choose her.

Because fate had chosen her first, while me? I wasn’t even his own choice.

Three years by his side all meant nothing. He’d thrown it all away in the blink of an eye.

Now, he’s sitting by my hospital bed, telling me I don’t deserve it. And yet, still choosing her.

If I don’t deserve this, then did I deserve any of that? Did I deserve any of the pain he’s caused me?

“Why?” I ask,

Cameron’s brows furrow in confusion.

“Kelly almost died because of me. So why don’t I deserve it?” I say, my tone is colder now.

He doesn’t respond immediately, a complicated look in his eyes.

When he finally speaks, his tone is soft, barely audible. “That’s in the past. I don’t care to bring it up again.”

I smile coldly. “You don’t care to bring it up because you weren’t the victim. It wasn’t your name dragged through the mud. It wasn’t your face plastered across every headline. It wasn’t your reputation ruined. You moved on. Because it wasn’t you.”

His jaw clenches. “Laila… that’s not what I meant. I just don’t want us to keep fighting…”

I cut him off, shaking my head slightly. “And you still believe I did it.”

His silence tells me everything I need to know.

My cold smile grows even colder. “There is no ‘us‘, Cameron.”

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