Chapter 215
But
I cut him off, “Let’s not talk about this right now, alright? We have all the time in the world, right now you need to focus on getting better.”
Dante is dead, isn’t he?‘ he asked.
1 let out a breath. “Yes…”
A hint of pain flashed in his eyes, Vladimir and Antonio?”
“They are alive, very much alive.”
He opened his mouth and then closed it, he did it a couple more times like he was having difficulty asking about something, “And Marco?*
His name ignited a blazing fire inside of me. “Vladimir snapped his neck and I threw his dead body to my hounds, I’m pretty sure, they are still gnawing on his bones.”
“Everyone died?”
I took a deep breath, he was asking about the rest of Salvatore’s men. The pain in his voice told me how much he cared about them. He surely didn’t know that Leah once kidnapped him and ordered her men to rape him and ruin his ass, “Not all, a few are alive but they are in my captivity. I want you to deal with them yourself after you’ve healed.”
“Paul?”
“He’s fine and alive…”
“Y–you d–didn’t kill h–him?”
Fuck, he was having so much trouble speaking simple words.
“You love him, you care about him. I wanted to but I didn’t.”
He again tried to nod, “I want to meet them…”
I held his hand that relentlessly trembled and covered it with my other hand, “No, what you need is to get better first. Then I’ll take you wherever you want, whenever you want.”
WEEK THREE
He sat on a chair with my help and then started to cry. The doctors had removed the nasogastric feeding tube, but he was still on a liquid diet and couldn’t eat on his own.
I touched his lips with the spoon urging him to part them. He just cried harder and squeezed them close even more, “Nikolai, proper nutrition is fucking important right now. Do you want to walk again? Then you need to eat!”
Sniffling, he opened his mouth before taking in the spoon.
“I can’t feel my legs… he cried harder, “It’s like they are there but they are asleep, I feel when someone touches them and I can’t walk. I can’t
I touched his leg, running my hand up and down, “It will be fine in a few weeks, I hired a physiotherapist for you. It’s going to be alright, baby,
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Chapter 215
boy…
I hate this… he whispered as I put another spoonful of soup into his mouth.
You’re getting there, it will be fine.”
He sniffled, looking at me with a frown. “Why are you doing this?”
I stared at him, “Doing what?”
“This… taking care of me as if everything is just fine and dandy between us. I sighed, “You’re my husband, aren’t you?”
He gave his head a gentle shake, “I don’t think so… no after what happened.”
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