Bound to my Enemy novel Chapter 201

Chapter 201: Chapter 201.

When I get up this time, Noah doesn’t reach for me. He just lets out a quiet sigh behind me and I pause for half a second, waiting for him to argue again, to tell me to sit back down, to rest, to listen byt he doesn’t.

I don’t say anything, I just walk out. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The hallway feels too bright after that room. My head still aches faintly, a dull pressure sitting behind my eyes, but I ignore it. I follow the direction I saw them take Zane earlier, my steps slower now, more careful, like my body is still catching up with everything that’s happened.

I find the room easily, There’s a glass panel in the door and I stop right in front of it but I don’t go in.

I just stand there looking .....He’s on the bed, hooked up to machines, his shirt gone, bandages wrapped tight around his abdomen. There’s a doctor near him, adjusting something, and another nurse moving around quietly.

He looks... still but his chest is rising, That’s all I needed to see.

I let out a breath I didn’t even realize I’d been holding, my shoulders dropping slightly.

Okay. He’s alive and he’s being taken care of, that’s enough.....That has to be enough.

I turn away before I can think too much about it, before I can change my mind and walk in.

Noah is leaning against the wall a few steps away, arms crossed, watching me.

I meet his eyes.

"Can you take me home?" I ask quietly.

He doesn’t hesitate.

"Of course." No questions asked.

We walk out together.

The hospital air feels colder now as we leave, or maybe it’s just me finally coming down from everything. The car ride is quieter this time. I don’t keep looking back anymore. I just sit there, staring ahead, my body heavy, my mind... not even sure what it’s doing.

Trying not to think or not to feel.

Noah’s phone rings, cutting through the silence...he glances at it, then answers.

"Yeah."

Caleb’s voice comes through loud enough that I can hear it from here.

"Are you okay? Did you find her? Is she with you?"

There’s panic in his voice and behind him, I can hear Ivy....her voice overlapping, rushed, anxious.

"Is she there? Noah, is she okay? Let me talk to her...."

Noah lets out a small chuckle, shaking his head slightly.

"I’ve got her. Relax. We’re on our way home."

There’s a pause, then more noise from the other end, but Noah cuts in.

"I’ll talk when I get there. I’m driving."

And he hangs up.

The rest of the drive is quiet again as it takes a while, but when we finally pull up to my brothers’ house, something in my chest tightens.

Home.

The car barely stops before the front door swings open and ivy comes running out....barefoot, hair a mess.

She doesn’t even wait properly for me to get out of the car before she’s right there, grabbing onto me the second my feet touch the ground.

"El....."

Her arms wrap around me tightly so tightly but I don’t complain as I hug her back.

She’s shaking.

When she pulls back, there are tears all over her face as hr eyes scan me quickly, like she’s checking every part of me.

"You lost so much weight," she blurts out, voice breaking. "You look so skinny and dirty and....and...."

She sniffles hard.

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