Total pages in book: 35
Estimated words: 32452 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 32452 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
“I promised I wouldn’t lie to you.”
This made me laugh. “Can I take a shower? Go home?” I held my hand up, that was stuck to the machine I knew was doing me more good than harm.
“Give me a moment.”
He got the doctor to come and give me a final check. I was a little unsteady on my feet, but I didn’t want to stay in the hospital. Doctor Hope promised to come and check on me in a few days, but he actually gave me the all clear. My vitals looked good, and my blood work had come back clean. I needed to go home and take a shower.
Odin helped me into some clothes. They were a pair of sweatpants and an oversized shirt that originally belonged to him, but I didn’t mind wearing them. They smelled like him.
He gathered the few items that were mine, but I held the card and the flowers, because they were my gifts. I couldn’t help but press my face into the flowers, as they smelled amazing. My first card and flowers, which had come from my husband.
I didn’t want to know about my family. As far as I was concerned, they were dead to me. After all this time, they had finally done something I could not forgive. Odin was not a bad guy. They had pushed him to this.
It was kind of ironic. The Serra Mafia and my family had created the very person that would cause their undoing, and I was going to have a front row seat.
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Odin
Alba was a little unsteady on her feet, even as we walked out of the hospital. The movement kept making her feel a little sick, and I saw this, with how she would randomly put a hand to her stomach. I took my time, letting her dictate the pace we moved. I never wanted to make her uncomfortable.
Once we got her in the car, I drove back home. I didn’t break the speed limit, but I also could smell Alba. From the look on her face, she could smell herself as well, but I didn’t make a single comment. She unknowingly drank poison. That was going to affect anyone. I stayed quiet.
We got to my building, and I parked my car. We rode the elevator to my place, and once inside, Alba turned to me.
“I stink,” she said.
I was not going to argue with her. She did stink, really bad.
“I need to take a shower.”
“I’m coming,” I said. She was unsteady on her feet.
She looked thankful that I had offered. She moved into the sitting room, putting the vase of flowers onto the coffee table, along with her card. She touched the edge of the card, almost lovingly, as well as a single rose petal.
I had no idea getting her a card and some flowers would mean so much. Each step she took seemed hard for her, and I walked toward her, picking her up in my arms.
“I smell,” she said. “It’s going to make you vomit.”
She was complaining, but I didn’t pay attention to any of it. My only interest was getting her to the shower. She was struggling and I was not going to watch her struggle anymore.
Carrying her across the apartment, I went to our bedroom. Last night was the first night I had slept without Alba by my side, and I missed her a lot. I wanted her by my side at every opportunity.
I made my way through to the bathroom and stepped right into the shower stall, fully dressed. Putting Alba onto her feet, I reached out for the “on” button, and pressed it, pushing her up against the wall so she wasn’t hit by the cold.
“We’re still in clothes,” she said.
“I know.”
This made her smile. “I was just checking, in case you didn’t seem to know we’re still, well, you know…”
“You’re cute when you’re nervous.”
The water was starting to warm up, and I waited for it to be the right temperature before moving out of the way and allowing Alba some space. Only, I wasn’t done, as I needed to get her naked.
I grabbed the ugly ass top, which was way too big for her and hid that beautiful body from my view. I wonder if she realized I’d been quite selfish with the wardrobe I’d purchased for her. All the items of clothing I had gotten had been chosen with the intention of showing off her body for my gaze. I loved how she looked and I found her to be completely sexy. I had no problems with her full, ripe figure. There were no complaints from me, and I wanted her to dress accordingly.
She wasn’t wearing a bra, and I sunk down to my knees and grabbed the tie of the sweatpants, pulling, and letting it loosen. She didn’t fight me, as her sweatpants fell. Again, she wasn’t wearing any panties, and now, as she kicked away her clothes, as well as the sneakers she’d slid on, she was now naked for the first time in front of me.