Arnold strutted in with indifference, voicing his reproach for Atlas. "I told you that you shouldn't have let her go there. Look at how precarious it turned out. It’s almost cost my nephew's life."
"Atlas, let me tell you, you're too arrogant. If something were to happen, you'd regret it big time, wouldn't you? Besides..."
Atlas and I exchanged a glance, both of us chiming in unison, "Enough."
Seeing the synchrony between us, Arnold pointed at me angrily. "You're just heartless."
I laughed and collapsed into Atlas's embrace. At that moment, I felt incredibly happy. It was no wonder I couldn’t control the urge to vomit when I smelled blood at Navi’s base.
Just thinking about it made my stomach churn, and it felt like that bloody odor was assaulting me again.
"Ugh..."
I clamped my hand over my mouth, feeling the sweat beads forming on my forehead.
Atlas immediately tensed up, swiftly jumping out of bed to carry me to the bathroom, where I retched.
He gently patted my back as he watched me with concern. There was hardly anything left to throw up. My stomach was already empty.
With tears and snot streaming down my face, I collapsed exhausted in Atlas's arms, gasping for air. It wasn't until fresh air flooded my lungs that I felt better.
He gently placed me back on the bed while Arnold hovered nearby, incessantly asking, "How did this happen, Atlas? Look how pale she is. Is being pregnant this tough? I..."
"Shut up," Atlas snapped, silencing Arnold immediately.
I caught my breath and said to Atlas, "What about my food? I'm hungry."
That was when Arnold remembered he was still holding a thermos.
“Here! This is the soup I bought from Green Cottage, along with some snacks."
As soon as I heard it was porridge from Green Cottage, I pointed at it and told Atlas, "I want the soup."
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The readers' comments on the novel: Beyond the Divorce by Third Blossom
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This story would be interesting if there weren't so many garbled paragraphs. Half sentences and missed paragraphs. It's too much, give us a proper story. I'm done reading...
Atlas literally took Chloe away from Ryan Ryan needs to go back and reinforce to be able to be head-on Caz that's the only place he's lacking...