Page 152 of Poison Vows

But that’s just not true.

Iamjealous.

I am possessive of her.

I’ve always been a goner for her… it’s been this way for longer than she’ll ever know.

Just the mere thought of fucking Vaughn holding her hand, touching her in any way, or even breathing close to her, is enough to send me into a murderous rage. What more if he had actually married her tonight?

When it comes to Angel, I’m beyond limits and edge entities.

To keep her, anything is possible, but I can’t dwell on that feeling. I’ll only get clinically obsessed to the point where it will kill us both.

Placing her on the bed, I notice she’s still breathing a bit weirdly, so I go grab her medicine and something else.

I come back and press the inhaler against the seam of her lips, to which she greedily opens and sucks the mouth in while I rub her back.

Patiently, I pump twice and let her inhale and exhale, before pumping a third time.

“How do you know how to use one of these?” she asks quietly after a while of tense silence.

I can’t tell her that I practiced using inhalers in the event she had an emergency.

I can’t be found lacking when it comes to the needs of my wife, but I can’t tell her everything I’ve done for her. It’s not necessary.

So for a few minutes we’re silent.

I’m sure she has a lot of questions, but she chose this one. Likely because her mind, like mine, is frazzled and exhausted.

“Your name is Alessio?” she asks out of nowhere, choosing to switch the topic from the hurt of health issues.

“Yes.”

“And Damian?”

“Yes.”

“From your mother?”

“Father.”

“And Alessio?”

“Grandfather.”

“What about Emmett?”

I fall silent, the one-worded answers stopping there.

“You still haven’t answered about this,” she says, pointing at the inhaler.

“I know everything about you,” I answer after a while, my voice low.

“Evidently,” she says sarcastically, but then she asks seriously, “Then it means you knew all along that I have COPD?”

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

I stare at her profile, watching her every minute expression.

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