Chapter 6: unexpected mate

Knox’s POV

I lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, trying to shut out the world around me.

But no matter how much I tried, the worry kept gnawing at my inside relentlessly.

My son, Chris, was growing weaker by the day, and the doctors still hadn’t figured out what was wrong with him. Each day without answers was another day of agony for me as I was watched my only child fade away before my very eyes.

Beside me, Susie, my wife, was dressed in a skimpy nightie that used to turn me on and have chasing her to the bedroom, but that was a long time ago. Not any more m.

Susie pressed herself against me, and I realized that she was trying to seduce me, and in the past, she would have succeeded. But now? Now, I felt nothing but irritation.

“Knox,” she murmured, slinking closer. Her hands roamed over my chest and her lips peppered soft kisses down my neck.

It was a familiar routine I had grown tired of, especially now.

I sighed heavily and pushed her gently away. “Not now, Susie, I’m tired,” I