#288 Vouchers
“Dimitri.”
“Yes?”
“I have to pee.”
He slowly looked up from his paperwork, raising an eyebrow at Rosalie. She frowned at him and narrowed her eyes.
“Don’t give me that look, I have a bladder. It gets full and when that happens I have to pee. Your bladder works the same way.” She grumbled.
Amusement shined in his eyes, she almost smiled when she saw the ghost of a smile on his face. He sighed and placed the paperwork on the hospital bed and gently helped her up. She winced as she walked, the pain shot through her leg, back, and neck.
“I can sit on the toilet myself.” She chuckled.
He didn’t say anything as he helped her walk into the bathroom. He was a little reluctant to stay outside of the bath- room, he didn’t want her falling and him needing to rip off the door. However, he let go after making sure she was fine.
Rosalie felt awkward going to the bathroom while her new temporary alpha was standing outside the door. She quick- ly finished and washed her hands, when she was done she sighed. A dizzy spell washed over her, but she ignored it and unlocked the door.
“Hey, Dimitri…I–I don’t feel so good..” She mumbled, her grip becoming lose as she started to fall forward.
Dimitri quickly opened the door and caught her, he then carefully carried her back to the bed and laid her down. He checked her stitches, relieved when he saw they were still the same as before. He pulled the blanket over her and backed away. He frowned when he found himself watching her with concern, almost immediately he walked to his chair and sat down.
“It won’t happen again, no more pain.” He thought to himself.
For years, ever since Christine had left him, he had a constant pain in his chest. Every time she mated with her new lover that pain would reach an unbearable level. It was almost every night he found himself curled up on the ground, trying his hardest to escape the pain. He was grateful that his daughters were in their own rooms, sleeping. He didn’t want them seeing him like this, he tried his best to make them hate their mother a little less. No matter how much he loathed the woman, he didn’t want his daughters hating her a lot.
“She abandoned them, she doesn’t deserve their love.” His wolf sounded.
Dimitri sighed, “I don’t care if they love her or not, but I don’t want them turning out to be like me. Seeking revenge and wanting to kill until they’re satisfied.”
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Book 1: Chapter 5
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His wolf didn’t say anything after that, Dimitri ran his hand through his hair as he continued thinking about his ex- mate. Deep down, past all that betrayal and hatred, he still loved her. Even though he said the words of accepting her rejection, he still didn’t emotionally accept it. He hated himself for it, he was literally torturing himself.
“If you let another woman love you, those feelings will go away. Along with the pain. You’re slowly killing us, Dim- itri. We can’t abandon Sara and Sage.” His wolf pointed out.
Dimitri clenched his jaw, he knew his wolf was right, but he couldn’t just love another woman again. No one made him feel the same way, not anymore. He looked at Rosalie, admiring her beauty. He smiled a little as he thought over what she has done since he first met her.
“You’re one weird she–wolf.” He chuckled in the quiet room.
“I hear that a lot. Used to.” She whispered suddenly.
He froze, but relaxed. “You did?”
She yawned and slowly opened her eyes. “In my old pack, I wasn’t the normal warrior type girl who wore slutty cloth- ing. I wasn’t good enough though.”
He furrowed his eyebrows as she started to fall asleep again. “Good enough?”
She nodded tiredly, “Not for him…oh well…there’s always someone else out there.” She murmured.
He sat there in stunned silence as she drifted off to sleep once again. He swallowed and looked down.
“Could I love again?” He wondered.
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Rosalie sighed as she stared at the ceiling, trying to come up with something to do so she didn’t die of boredom. She smirked as she eyed Dimitri, who was currently working on paperwork. Again. For the past four hours that’s all he did, besides the few minutes he had to get a desperate nurse to leave him alone. He ended up ordering that only male nurses check up on her, as long as he’s with her. She was confused with the fact he didn’t want any male speaking to her without him there, but shrugged it off.
She reached over and grabbed the pen sitting on her bed, with delicacy, she threw it at Dimitri. He growled as it smacked him in the head before landing on his papers. He looked up to see Rosalie grinning at him, it was hard for him to fight his smile. He raised an eyebrow, silently questioning her. Asking if she was really about to challenge
him.
“I bet I can get you to so annoy that you’ll leave the room in a minute.” She stated confidently.
He chuckled, “Is that so?”
“You accepting the challenge or no?”
He shrugged, “Paperwork isn’t entertaining me anymore. So, challenge accepted.”
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