The Biker Alpha Who Became My Second Chance Mate\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 71\u00a0<\/p>\n
I could hear Tristan calling after me, his long strides echoing in the hospital corridor as he tried to catch up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Athena! His voice carried that commanding tone he used when he expected people to listen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I didn\u2019t stop. I kept walking, faster now, my heels clicking against the polished floor. The fluorescent lights above felt too bright, too harsh, making everything look stark and ugly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWait up! I felt his hand grab my arm, spinning me around to face him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My face was burning with anger, my whole body trembling with rage I could barely contain. When I turned to look at him, I saw him flinch at whatever expression was on my face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d I snapped, my voice sharp enough to cut glass.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a moment, he looked genuinely shocked that I\u2019d screamed at him. Then He quickly masked his surprise, slipping back into that calm, controlled demeanor he always wore when things got difficult.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy won\u2019t you tell me what\u2019s going on?\u201d he asked, his voice carefully measured.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I folded my arms across my chest, trying to hold myself together when every nstinct was screaming at me to explode.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAt least you know I don\u2019t want to talk about it. So just go back inside and help poor, pitiful Seraphine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned and started walking away again, desperate to get out of this hospital before I said something I\u2019d regret. The antiseptic smell was making me sick, and I could still hear Seraphine\u2019s poisonous words echoing in my head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018You still haven\u2019t grown up. You\u2019re twenty eight Athena, you need to have been grown.\u201d Tristan called after me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words hit me like a slap across the face. I kept walking, but my steps fallered. I didn\u2019t want to stop, I should just leave. For myself, so I won\u2019t break\u00a0<\/p>\n
down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But you still keep acting like a child, he continued, his voice getting harder more frustrated. \u201cRunning and hiding like you always do instead of dealing\u00a0<\/p>\n
with your problems.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stopped so abruptly that a nurse had to swerve around me. My heart was beating against my chest so fast I thought it might explode. The blood\u00a0<\/p>\n
rushing in my ears was so loud I could barely think straight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How dare he? How dare he say that to me right now?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned around slowly, feeling something cold and dangerous settling in mytomach. \u201cDid you just say that to me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My voice came out low and deadly quiet, but I could see him realize he\u2019d crossed a line. His face changed, the anger melting into something that looked like regret.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAth\u2026 I didn\u2019t mean\u2026\u201d He ran his hands through his hair in frustration, a gure I\u2019d seen a thousand times when he was trying to take back words he d\u00a0<\/p>\n
already spoken.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018No, you meant it,\u2018 I said, my voice getting louder despite the fact that we we in a public place. \u201cYou meant every word\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is what he really thinks of me. After everything we\u2019ve been through, aft all the progress I\u2019ve made, he still sees me as the same broken girl who\u00a0<\/p>\n
ran away five years ago\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI know I ran away,\u201d I continued, taking a step closer to him. \u201cBut don\u2019t you re stand there and act like you had nothing to do with it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His mouth opened like he was going to protest, but I wasn\u2019t finished. Five years of buried resentment was clawing its way to the surface, and I couldn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
stop it even if I wanted to.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I ran away five years ago,\u201d I said, my voice echoing off the hospital wall. \u201cAnd yes, I ran away from Daxon too late, after he\u2019d already destroyed me. Yes, I always run away when things get hard. Yes, I act like a child. Thank you so much for pointing out all my flaws.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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