Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 17

I can't be sure, but I think he's wrong. I think my heart just stopped.

"Axel." The other brother towers over the both of us. He doesn't lean down, doesn't try to come to my level. He doesn't even acknowledge my presence. He just says to Axel, "She'll never be able to if you and Carson baby her."

"So what should we do, Aiden? Let them shit on her? Geez," Carson barks out.

"Exactly," Axel looks away from me for a moment, and at his more apathetic brother. "You're acting like she's just not trying hard enough, but she'll never be able to do this."

Whoa, wait, what? I cock my head back. I thought he was defending me?

"She's not built for it," Axel says.

He looks at me sympathetically, but I pull my hand away from his "rescue." So much for moral support. Here I thought he was trying to give me a motivational speech, 'do your best and get back up again!' Oh no, he's the referee tapping me out!

Aiden almost scoofs. He looks down at me. His height over me only adds to the aura of his own arrogance, polluting the air like a miasma. He's like some Sasuke knock-off and he makes me as sick as his eyes say he is of me. "You can at least admit she has some room for improvement."

Some voices in the crowd have the audacity to voice their agreement. Thankfully, Carson and Axel just wave him off, wave cranky Coach Kenet off, wave the crowd off, wave everyone and everything off to help me.

Axel smiles, but unlike his usual grin, this one seems almost... sad? Regretful? He reaches for me. "Come on. Let's take you to the nurse."

I lean away. "No. I'm fine."

"You're about to pass out," Carson says.

I sigh. "No. I just have a weak heart and lungs and... everything around here basically," I do a large gesture towards my entire respiratory system and chest area. "I just need to lay down, and maybe some water."

"Alright, you can get that at the nurse," Axel pushes.

"No," I say again. I bite my tongue to keep from saying what I really want to, leave me alone. Everyone's staring at me and it's just making me more light headed.