Chapter 37 - Lullaby of his heartbeats

The beeping sound echoed in my head as I tried to take a big breath when I felt something on my face, with my eyes still closed I tried to take it off when I felt someone's hands stopping me. I slowly opened my eyes adjusting them to the bright hospital lights, disoriented I could only make out Domenic's face before finally taking the mask off my face.

"Relax baby, breathe." Domenic said before pushing the emergency button to call for the nurse.

"What happened? Why am I here?" I try to remember what happened but I only remember having trouble breathing before I collapsed on the floor.

"There was a gas leak in your apartment, thank God you called me when you did." He says before kissing my forehead and caressing my cheek. "When you weren't answering I went to your place and found you on the floor and brought you here." Domenic sat on the bed next to me as I tried to make sense of everything that was happening.

"A gas leak, how can that be? I had everything replaced before I moved in, h