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CHAPTER 36. THE HARD CHOICE

ONCE ABUSED. NOW LOVED.

RYDER.

I opened my eyes to a face, hovering around mine. I quickly sat up, looking around, confused for a second. Nurse Gina was startled and scurried to a corner in fear.

“What the hell are you doing to me?!“ I snapped at her. She muffled a cry, and her quivering lips were finding it hard to give me a coherent explanation.

“You fainted,'' a voice said. That's when I realized there were others in the room. Darius, Jay, Giveon, Ciara, a few other nurses, and the bloody traitor, Jason. He had a bandage on his right rib and his face was bruised.

It took me a few more seconds to comprehend what Darius had just said. My eyes widened and my gaze shot at him.

“I did what?!“

“Fa..in…ted?“ He repeated, drawing the word like he was scared to say it.

“I fainted?!“ He nodded slowly, unable to meet my gaze. “How the fuck is that possible?“

“When I hurled you out of the ring, I think you landed hard on your head. That's why we rushed you down he