Fake Dating Alpha Hockey Captain novel Chapter 68

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#Chapter 68: A Mysterious illness

#Chapter 68: A Mysterious Illness

At first, I don’t want to touch him; I don’t know what’s wrong and I don’t. him. “What’s wrong?” Ohhhh…

“Ahhh…” is his only reply.

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want to make it worse. I kneel beside

His breathing becoines erratic. I sit on my knees and scoop his head into my lap, lightly touching his hair, afraid to touch him anywhere else.

“Sssomeone–help!” I cry out, but my voice cracks.

Alex’s eyes are closed tight and he’s taking great pains to steady his breathing. “Owww…” he moans, still grabbing his stomach.

“I don’t… Don’t know what to do…”

I look back at the door to the house but no one’s coming. I’m afraid no one heard me.

“I’m going. To get help,” I tell him as I move to lift his head off my thighs.

Alex grabs my wrists. “No,” he moans. “Just wait.”

My eyes start to tear up. It breaks me to see him–my strength–this way…in this much pain. “What isss it?”

“I don’t know. The pain…just…came out of nowhere.”

We sit like that for moments. He is eventually able to unfurl as the pain subsides. As his breathing starts to even out, he.

I gently run my fingers through his hair, and it seems to calm him more. “Isss that okay?”

He exhales. “It is,” he says with an audible sigh. “Could you do something else for me?”

“Anything!”

He closes his eyes. “Kiss me.”

I bite my lip. “Of course,” I whisper, then lean down and show him how grateful I am that he is okay.

The feeling between us ignites, and he pulls me down, closer to him. I want to wrap myself up in him and get lost. I can’t imagine never having this again.

I hear the door when Ryan walks out. “I thought I heard something.”

Alex and I break our kiss and look up, and I feel a little awkward. “He’s hurt.”

“What happened?”

Alex sits up, still holding his stomach. “I don’t know, man. Cynthia and I were out here talking when the pain started…shooting through my body. It was so intense.”

Ryan squints in disbelief. He can’t hide his skepticism. “Out of nowhere…”

Alex nods. “Out of nowhere.”

Ryan helps me up, then Alex.

“Let me get you settled in a room,” Ryan says. “We’ll want to turn in soon if we’re going to be out early.”

Alex nods, but I can tell he’s still struggling. I put my hand on his back like I may actually be helpful to him. At

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least it makes me feel helpful.

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Ryan helps Rita to one of the spare bedrooms, then shows me to the other. Guess he doesn’t know I’ve already been through his house…

Alex takes the couch, and after I wash my face and finger brush my teeth with Ryan’s toothpaste, I go back to the living room to check on Alex.

The sound of voices stops me. I can hear Alex and Ryan talking.

I can hear Alex: “I don’t know what could have happened to me. I’ve been here all day.”

“Rita’s your mate? Maybe it has something to do with that

Silence.

“I don’t know. My body’s been doing weird things since yesterday.”

“Your birthday.‘

“Yeah.”

“That’s normal. Your hormones are on hyperdrive.”

“But it’s not just her…I don’t think.”