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Alex looked around to see if anyone else was going to say anything about his personal life, as much as he enjoyed the fact that neither of the people working for him thought of Elena as an important enough figure for them to respect, he also wouldn’t have them talking down on her.That was the difference between him and Elena, when she could have defended him in the past, when she could have told the people who insulted him both to his face and behind his back, she kept quiet.He wasn’t going to do that or that would just make him the exact same person as Elena. He wouldn’t defend her, but he was going to stop them from talking down at her.“Anyone?” He asked firmly, looking around, but everyone around knew that they dared not say another word about Elena. “Good.” He muttered.The tent fell silent so completely that the distant crack of small-arms fire outside sounded suddenly louder.Alex exhaled once, slowly, and the personal weight dropped from his shoulders like a coat he no longe
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“Get your filthy hands off me!” Elena screamed, twisting hard against the two soldiers who had already closed in on both sides of her.She hadn’t expected that Alex was going to have her thrown out the way he just did. Her plan had been foolproof to her, she’d thought that all she had to do was act as though she regretted all those years.Maybe she didn’t regret those years, maybe she really wanted him to come back with her, but the last thing she wanted was to seem like the desperate one.Alex was the one that was supposed to be desperate, he was the one that was supposed to be searching far and wide for her because he wanted her forgiveness. It shouldn’t be the other way around.Her voice cracked like glass under pressure as she looked around her. “Who the hell does he think he is? Alex—look at me!” She snapped, not caring that she was causing a scene and Alex was preparing to do something important.“You think you can just throw me out like trash after everything? If you came with
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“But, we don’t have enough—”“I won’t hear it.” Alex cut in before the soldier could finish, his eyes not leaving Elena even for a second. “You don’t expect me to leave a citizen here, she could die, and you know damn well that I won’t let that happen, especially if it’s a death I can prevent.”The soldier didn’t say anything as he looked away from Alex for a second to look at Julian in hopes that Julian would explain the situation to Alex, but Julian shook his head.They’d all known Alex enough to know that if he made his mind up about something, to get him to change it back would be difficult.Alex’s eyes studied Elena, he hadn’t seen her like this before. Her expensive clothes were already filthy, and fine dust coated her hair and the tracks of tears on her cheeks.She had never known hunger before, never seen war either. The closest she had ever come to danger was a late dinner reservation and a driver who ran a red light.But now, the ground itself was trying to throw her off her
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“OH MY GOD!” Elena screamed, and even Alex looked at her, he could tell that she was in shock. Her face had gone completely white, eyes wide and unblinking as the second blast’s aftershock rolled through the ground beneath their feet. “Wh—What the hell is going on?” She screamed again, the sound of her voice barely carrying over the blasting. Her heart was already in her throat, fear had made it almost impossible for her to move or do anything else.“What does it look like?!” Julian, who was already really annoyed, snapped back at her. Ever since he heard about how she treated his best friend, every ounce of respect and platonic affection he had for her was completely gone.Dust boiled up in thick gray clouds as shouts cut through the ringing in his ears—orders barked in three languages, the high sharp cries of the wounded, the heavy thud of boots on packed earth.Everywhere was chaotic as soldiers moved in tight clusters, herding civilians and staff toward the reinforced bunkers dug
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Alex shook his head, he couldn’t deny that the fact that she couldn’t answer the question had hurt, but he always knew that Elena would never choose him over Marcus.He didn’t even know why he had asked the question in the first place, but maybe it was because there was still a part of him that hoped she would make that choice.Alex had no idea Julian was already beside him until he felt the firm hand on his shoulder, squeezing as if to let him know that he still had a bit of support from his friend.Looking at Julian, Alex forced a smile at him and nodded. And just as he turned away from Elena because he needed to be as far away from her as he could be.If he spent another second with her, he would lose his mind and that wasn’t something he could afford right now. He was a doctor, a surgeon, he needed a clear mind.And this place was still a war ground, there could be an attack on this base or on the citizens outside it, and he had to be very clearheaded so that he could make good de
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Silence settled between them and stretched which gave both Alex and Elena the opportunity to hear more of the medics, nurses and staff murmur about how they admired Alex.Elena could hear as the men said that they wouldn’t have allowed themselves be treated like that, she heard them say how lucky she was that Alex was patient.She also heard some of them say that they wouldn’t have opened the marriage because that way they could both cheat on each other openly.And each words got her even angrier than she thought she could ever be, and when she looked at Alex, her eyes narrowed, but she didn’t say anything.“Of course you don’t. How could you even know how it feels?” Alex continued, the words coming faster now, years of silence finally breaking.“You were the one were the one in his bed. I was the one lying awake counting the hours until you came home and treated me like the furniture you hadn’t gotten around to replacing yet.”He took a step closer to her, and dust rose around his bo
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