After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 142

Aberdeen City, 2 years ago.

"That BASTARD!" The beautiful Althea uncharacteristically cursed out loud, voice cracking from crying, talking to no one in particular.

That JERK ran out during their honeymoon and he came back all broken?

And she couldn’t even hit him!!

All kinds of violent thoughts ran through Althea’s brain, all while both of her hands were busy wiping her tears and snot. _{ƒrēewebnovel.com}

The middle-aged woman beside her smiled and patted her head, not calling her out for her duplicity. "Dear child, he’s going to be alright…"

Althea’s red eyes stared at the older woman, filled with sadness. "Mother… he—"

Not knowing what to say, she just buried her head to the older woman’s shoulder.

"Why… why does he do this to himself? Isn’t it nice to just play peacefully here? With me?"

"Dear child, you know very well what kind of person Garan is." She said, continuing to comfort the young woman.

She gently patted the girl’s head, not minding how wet her shirt was becoming. "However, I know for certain that you mean the most to him," she told Althea, "And he wouldn’t want you to be so sad…"

Althea lifted hear head and looked at her bitterly. "He should stop getting himself killed, then!"

She swore: She wouldn’t talk to him until he swore never to get hurt again!

…

When they were called to the ICU because the patient was awake, only Alicia came in. Althea stepped back and just watched his damned pitiful self in the bed.

Mother and Garan exchanged a few words for a little while, and Althea whipped her head to look away when the two looked over the door in her direction. Soon, the older woman left the room to give space to the couple.

Seeing that Althea was not taking a step into the threshold, Alicia smiled and gently pushed her in, to the latter’s chagrin.

Althea did not meet the man’s smiling eyes. She refused to.

"Still angry?" He asked gently, a smile on his face.

Jerk. Still had the heart to smile, seeing me like this, eh? Jerk jerk jerk

"Don’t be angry, I’ll be in pain you see…ouch.." Then he flinched looking in pain.

Althea also flinched, but with clenched fists she did not turn her head to him, trying very hard not to budge.

Garan smiled, finding it cute. He watched with fond eyes as she just sat on the chair with arms crossed, not looking at him at all.

He could stare at her pout all day long.

However, he worried that the anger would affect her health, so he did not do so in the end.

"I’m sorry, wife." He said, very sincerely. "You’ve been wronged."

She whipped her head to glare at him. "You’re obviously the one in pain!"

Garan struggled to extend his hand. It looked laborious to do but he did not put it down until she took it.

Althea really couldn’t bear his struggle so she succumbed and did as he wanted.

He tightened his grip on her, at least as tight as his current strength allowed. "I know. But my pain saddens you so."

"I had promised not to hurt you when I asked you to marry me. Now I’m making you cry…" He whispered, his deep baritone voice now with a hint of coarseness. "I’m sorry."

"Hmph! You’re indeed a liar." She said, trying to keep the tears at bay. Her eyes ended up on his bandaged upper torso.

She didn’t see it herself because the initial treatments wasn’t in this hospital, but she heard it was so bad that his innards were exposed. "You were injured so badly, I—"

"Your husband has a very strong body. You should know." Garan had wanted to soften the atmosphere with an innuendo. He even chuckled at the sight of her snot.

"Don’t laugh!" She scolded, "Why do you keep treating this as a joke?" She felt extremely annoyed, "See if I get injured like you instead—"

Unexpectedly, his eyes turned red as she uttered these words, looking absolutely livid. "STOP! Don’t say it!!" He bellowed, shocking her soul out.

Althea froze, not expecting such a strong reaction.

"Garan?" She choked, startled by his violent reaction.

She saw him struggling with something, as if shaking in fear. Althea was too young at the time and didn’t remember most of the events. How could she know the impact of those words?