Twice Inflamed by Storm Zee Shine

Author:Storm, Zee Shine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Jasper

When Jasmine uttered those words, I felt as if the ground had shifted from underneath me. If I had been standing, I might not have had the strength to do so anymore.

My whole face went slack with shock. My lungs emptied of air so fast, I felt my vision going black. She was looking at me again with wide eyes and shaking her head at me, tears glistening on her cheeks.

"No, no, no," she murmured softly, urgently and rubbed my shoulders, my arms. "Jasper...please, please breathe...it's okay, I'm here. Stay with me."

I tried to pay attention to what she asking of me but my brain was slowly losing its grip on consciousness.

"Jasper," she said loudly and then scrambled to get the bottle of water. She unscrewed the cap with shaking hands and held it to my lips. "Drink this," she whispered, one hand still rubbing my arm to bring warmth back to my skin which was clammy. "Listen to me...I know it's a lot to take in but please don't...don't die on me okay. Come on, Jasper. Breathe."

After what seemed like an eternity, I forced myself to move my jaw and take a sip of the water she was giving me. And then I took another, closed my eyes and inhaled deeply before letting it out, blinking to clear my vision.

Jasmine kept crying but she didn't stop speaking to me or trying to get me to remain warm. She'd done this a few times over the past couple of years and yet, I think it scared her every time.

I didn't deal well with shock. Not anymore. Not since my first stroke. She already knew this about me and now I understood why she'd been so damn anxious.

Oh, God. I clenched my teeth and moved my hands slowly to rub them over my eyes. My eyes, which were filling up with tears now and spilling down my face no matter how much I tried to stop them by rubbing and wiping.

"I'm sorry," she whispered to me and sniffed. "I'm really sorry. But you needed to know. I couldn't just let you leave again. Jasper. Are you okay? Do you need your pills?"

I couldn't speak through the pain as she sat stiffly and waited for me to regain my composure.

"How?" I whispered to her without lifting my head. "How do you know that? Did she tell you?"

"Yes," Jasmine answered quietly. "She's scared and hurting. It's hard for her too. She thinks you'll hate her. So she asked me to let you know."

I sucked in more air. My chest felt constricted, my face so hot and muscles tense.

"She thinks I'll hate her," I repeated in a cold voice, still unable to believe it. "How could she do this? She knew how much I loved that baby-" My voice broke and I buried my face in my hands and just sobbed.

I'd hurt her, yes, but it hadn't been deliberate or calculated. But this...what Skye had done...

Two years of my time with him just gone.

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