Chapter Eighty Three - Stabbed

Sebastian Arlhout Carter

I groaned after feeling my body still heating the moment I opened my eyes. I am glad that a little of the pain has already subsided.

“You’re awake, I am glad.” I heard my wife’s sweet tone and her warmth enveloped my hands and squeezed them.

“Are you feeling alright? Did the tonic work for you or do you need more?” I heard her ask before looking at her.

She was already dressed in her nightgown, we were inside the guest room where I stayed back then when I was still trying to win her heart back.

“I feel a bit better now thanks to the tonic, thank you also for looking after me, did you carry me here?” I asked before rising from the bed.

She was sitting on the edge of the bed as if she was watching over me this whole time, waiting for me to wake.

“Yes, I did. Vaney did help me when I got to the stairs, she said I was crazy.” She chuckled before stopping, “I got really worried about you.”

What happened next surprised me when she kissed me on the lips before caress