His Wife

Alessandro Stark had become the ideal husband.

Scratch that, there wasn't a perfect word to describe how much he had suddenly become the best.

During the days that Eve lay in bed recovering, and only came downstairs for some air and change of environment once in a day, he took responsibility around the house.

She woke up each morning to the aroma of breakfast prepared by him, then he dressed Zoe and drove her to school,

After which he returned home where Eve had showered and changed into loose slacks, yet again.

On the days she washed her hair, it became a habit that he simply dried it for her. Lunch and dinner would follow, and he reminded her to take her drugs.

In fact, he handed her the pills himself as well as the water, and watched as she gulped it down her throat.

She slept with him next to her, their body heats mingling under the duvet, and sometimes she rolled into his arms.

'Sometimes' happened for six days, and on the seventh when she woke up to realise that she had complete