It All Started With Hatred-Chapter 208: Strenge feeling

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It’s not easy to wake up and find that two years of your life have gone. Petal wanted to graduate from music school. She wanted to build a career for herself. To be independent and rely on herself. But so much time has passed and she isn’t getting any younger.

It pained him to see her tears when she just woke up recently. Ethan wanted to dig that man’s grave and kill him again. He wanted to find that woman Sofia and torture her for what she had done to Petal.

But, The truth is, Everything was his fault for not practicing her."I’m sorry. Everything bad happened to you, It was because of me." Ethan said cupping her face with both hands, kissing her tears away.

Petal’s lips trembled as the tears kept falling from her eyes. So much happened before she was injured. She remembered it all. Everything.

Petal placed her forehead on his, She was telling him that he doesn’t have to apologize. It wasn’t his fault.

Ethan closed his eyes feeling the tiredness and the exhaustion of two past years took a toll on him. He wanted to rest with her in his arms, Alive and well.

Petal had noticed the dark circles under his eyes. His hair seemed to have grown long and he seemed to not have shaved his beard for a long time. He lost weight too, Too much weight.

She pulled away and patted the empty on the bed asking him to join her. He will have to adjust her body himself to be able to sleep next to her as she is unable to move her limbs properly.

The need to hold her body in his arms took over him. Slowly, Ethan adjusted her body before he laid down beside her on the bed.

"I’m so tired." Ethan whispered as he closed his eyes.

His hands warped around her body protectively, not wanting to ever let her go. He had dreamt of this for the past two years, To feel her warmth again, To feel her soft breathing against his skin.

The couple fell asleep in no time. lulled by their lodging to each other and burdened by the mistakes of the committed agents.

They will need time to get things to where they were before all of this. Ethan knew that and he had no problem with it. As long as she was alive and well, Here within his sight, Everything else can wait.

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The next two days were chaotic. The whole family visited Petal, Happy by the news. The room was suddenly filled with gifts, flowers, and fancy chocolate boxes.

Petal was still trying to process everything slowly. Everyone kept talking about the time that she was in a coma and what happened. But she noticed that they avoided speaking about what Ethan did during that time, That only means that they have been warned to not speak.

Petal turned to look at Ethan who was sitting beside her bed, Staring at her as if he didn’t believe that she was awake. She had felt him waking up several times at night checking her pulse and making sure that was still breathing.

It made her heart ache. Seeing him scared and frightened made her feel guilty. Lana had told her that Ethan had left everything just to take care of her. He stayed day and night by her bed, Watching her and nursing her body back to health.

"Do you need something?" Ethan asked, noticing how she was looking at him.

Petal nodded her head no. Her face reddened when Ethan stood up and started to fix her clothes before he dropped a woolen shawl over her shoulders.

With everyone in the room watching them, PetaI felt heat rise to her face.

It is the end of fall and the nights are becoming colder. He didn’t want her to feel cold. Kissing the top of her head, Ethan sat back on his chair. His eyes were on her like a hawk, Watching her.

His behavior didn’t bother her. It made her feel like nothing happened between them.

A while later. Pearl and Issac arrived with their son, Franco. Petal was surprised to see the little boy. The last thing she remembers Is that Pearl still hadn’t given birth and now seeing him in front of her made her feel strange but happy.

Now that she can move her hand, Issac sat the child in her lap. Petal reached to caress Franco’s hair as he stared at her with his big blue eyes. His facial expressions were a mixture of both his parents. He was adorable and a quiet child.

When she kissed his tiny hand, The little boy giggled and grabbed into her thumb. At that moment, Petal’s heart skipped a beat. A tingling sensation spread along her body.

Such a strange feeling, She thought to herself.

When she passed ten, PetaI was exhausted mostly because of the medications she was taking.

Ethan saw how she was trying so hard to not doze off and listen to everyone speaking to her. He didn’t like the idea of pushing herself when she just woke up a week ago.

So what he did was, He kicked everyone out of the room ignoring Petal’s glares at him.

"You can spend as much time as you like with them after you get better. Right now, Your body needs rest." Ethan spoke in a strict tone as he helped her to lay down on the bed and tucked her under the blanket.

Petal didn’t feel angry at him, rather she did as said and closed her eyes. As she drifted to sleep, She wondered where Jacob was. It’s been a week and she hasn’t seen him. Tomorrow she will ask Ethan about him.

"You don’t know the hall I have been through." Ethan whispered as he caressed her face with the back of his hand.