Chapter 219: No!!!
"Wow. Just what a man wants to see the moment he opens his eyes after wrestling with death... His best friend hugging his best wife."
Max rolled his eyes as he stepped back from Melanie, who had just pulled him into a grateful hug for saving Adam. "You’ve only got one wife and one friend, Adam," he said dryly, smoothing out his shirt. "So maybe skip the ’best’ part. And I expect a man to thank me when I save his life."
Adam gave a pained grimace at that, but his gaze had already drifted toward Melanie ignoring Max. She looked wrecked-pale, hollow-eyed, her hair dishevelled, her clothes rumpled. Like someone who hadn’t slept in days. Instantly, he felt his heart ache and he extended his hand to her, feeling relieved that she took it immediately.
He knew he’d been stabbed-he could still feel the dull throb of it under the layers of bandages-but it was clear that while he’d been slipping in and out of consciousness, something else had happened. Something big. Something that had taken more from her than it had from him.
"Melon," he murmured softly, and then almost instantly regretted it. Because the name seemed to break something inside her. Instantly, tears spilled down her cheeks and even though she didn’t say a word and just surged forward, and threw her arms around him with a force that made him wince.
Adam sucked in a sharp breath, not sure if the pain in his chest was from the wound or from something else. But he knew one thing. He was just being hugged to death. And the fact that she was shivering, was enough to let him know just how trouble she could have been.
"Okay, okay—easy there, Melon," he whispered with a wince. "I’m held together by medical-grade glue, you know? Go easy on the ribs."
She pulled back just enough to look him in the eyes, still holding on like she didn’t trust him to stay put otherwise. Her face was blotchy, streaked with tears, and her nose was red. Frankly, she looked like someone who’d lost a fight. He raised his palm and cupped her face," You look... bad."
The comment earned him a smack out of nowhere and then she growled," You endanger yourself again like this, I will hang you upside down by your ankles and hit you!