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“I don’t need to go to the hospital.” I start coughing as soon as I speak.
Aiden gives me a stern look, and I back down straight away, admitting defeat because I’m actually finding it harder to breathe properly.
Mike arrives not long after. “Where are you?” Mike calls out.
“On the balcony, Mike.”
I look down at what I’m wearing. It’s a skimpy black negligee. Luckily, though, this one isn’t see-through. I try to hide myself when Mike comes out.
“Are you both all right?” Mike asks, frowning and looking us both up and down, checking for injuries.
“Jeni might have some smoke inhalation. I’m taking her to the hospital. Can you stay here until we get back?”
“Yes, of course, sir.”
“Thanks.” Aiden lifts and cradles me in his arms and starts running. I cough into his chest as he takes me into the bedroom and sits me on the bed. I feel weak while he pulls out my robe, then places it around my shoulders. Somehow, Imanage to maneuver my way into it, and he picks me up again and heads off quickly with me in his arms to the elevator.
We proceed to the car as I continue to cough. My chest tightens, I feel tired, almost dizzy, like I want to faint. It feels like I can’t get the right amount of oxygen in my lungs.
“Stay with me, Jeni.” Aiden places me in the car and rushes around to slide in. Then, with a squeal of the tires, we are racing out of the parking garage toward the hospital. My chest squeezes. My breathing becomes shallow—I definitely can’t breathe properly. And the coughing is now uncontrollable.
“Hang on, we’re nearly there.”
I daze in and out of consciousness. Only waking properly when Aiden screeches to a halt, then races around the car. He carries me into the emergency room. “Help! My girlfriend’s having trouble breathing,” he yells as I cough and wheeze, my body hanging limply in his arms.
He places me in a wheelchair after it’s wheeled up to us. My chest is so tight it’s starting to scare me. It feels like there’s an elephant sitting on it, and I don’t know if it’s from my heart thudding from fear or whether it’s my lungs burning, but either way, I’m scared shitless.
I reach out for Aiden’s hand as everything turns black, but I fall unconscious before I reach him.
