All Chapters of OFF LIMIT: FOURTEEN NIGHTS WITH MY HUSBAND'S BEST FRIENDS : Chapter 221 - Chapter 230

Chapter 220ElowenThree days in the hospital turned into five. The anti-seizure medication made Giuliana drowsy. She slept through most of the first two days, waking only to vomit or mumble something incoherent before sliding back under.Marco came every afternoon after school. He'd do his homework at the foot of her bed, occasionally looking up to check if she was still breathing. Sometimes he'd talk to her even though she was asleep. About his day. About kids at school. About nothing.I lived in the chair by her bed. Matteo brought me food I didn't eat. Kian brought me coffee I drank too much of. On day four, Giuliana woke up lucid."Marco's here," she said. Her voice was scratchy.Marco's head shot up from his math textbook. "You're awake!""Unfortunately." She tried to sit up. Failed. "I feel like garbage.""You look like garbage," Marco said.I opened my mouth to scold him but Giuliana laughed, weak and wheezy but real."Thanks," she said. "You really know how to make a girl fe

Chapter 222Matteo"She heard your thoughts?" I repeated slowly, trying to wrap my head around the impossibility of it.Kian ran a hand through his hair, his eyes scanning the road but seeing something else entirely. "I didn't say a word, Matteo. I was just thinking it. But she heard me. She repeated my exact words back to me like I’d shouted them.""That shouldn't be possible.""I know that," Kian snapped, his voice tight. "But it happened."I leaned back, my mind racing. Humans weren't wired this way. The telepathic link was a wolf thing....a mate thing. "Is she your mate?" I asked.Kian went rigid. His knuckles turned white as he gripped the steering wheel, the leather creaking under the pressure. He didn't answer, but his silence was loud enough."Kian," I pressed, leaning toward him. "Is Elowen your mate?" "Does it matter?" He sounded raw, like the words were being torn out of him."Yes. It damn well matters. Answer me."The car was silent for a long moment, the engine's hum th

Chapter 224ElowenKian didn't come back that day.Or the next.Or the one after that.Dr. Ferraro discharged Giuliana on day six with a mountain of instructions and enough medications to stock a small pharmacy.He decided to monitor her well enough before letting her go. We loaded her into Matteo's car along with the stuffed dragon Marco had given back, the drawings taped carefully between folders, and enough get-well cards to paper an entire wall.The ride home was quiet. Giuliana dozed against my shoulder while Matteo drove, his knuckles white on the steering wheel. I watched the Italian countryside blur past and tried not to think about the fact that Kian hadn't even said goodbye.Home felt different. Bigger somehow and emptier without him.Matteo carried Giuliana upstairs to her room and I followed with the bags, arranging her medications on the nightstand in the order Dr. Ferraro had specified. Morning pills. Afternoon pills. Evening pills. Pills to prevent seizures. Pills to

Chapter 226Elowen Knowing Matteo or any one could come in, made it more mind blowing.My clit was pulsing, my nipples hard."Let go," he said. "I've got you."And I did.I shattered in his arms, biting my lip to keep from crying out, my whole body trembling with the force of it.He held me through it, murmuring something in a language I didn't understand, his free hand stroking my hair.When I finally came back to myself, breathing hard, I realized what we'd just done. What I'd let happen.What I'd wanted to happen."Oh god," I whispered.Kian's hand stilled. He pulled back just enough to see my face. "Regret?""I don't know." I looked at him. At this man who'd just unraveled me completely. "Should I?""Probably." His thumb traced my cheekbone. "But I hope you don't.""This is so complicated.""I know.""Matteo...""I know."We stared at each other. Both of us knowing this changed everything. Both of us not knowing what to do about it."I should go," Kian said finally. But he didn't

Chapter 228Kian"I want you as my dad too."The words didn't make sense. Couldn't make sense.I stared at her, certain I'd misheard. "What?""I want two dads," she said, and there was no hesitation in her voice now. Just certainty. "And one mama.""That's not... that's not how it works, piccola.""Why not?" She looked at me with those impossibly wise eyes. "I have a girl in my class who has two moms. They both love her. They both takes care of her. Why can't I have two dads and a mom?"I opened my mouth and then closed it. I had no idea of what to say."Don't you want to be my dad?" Her voice got small again. Uncertain. "Is it because I'm sick? Because I might...""No." The word came out fierce. "No, Giuliana. That has nothing to do with it. You're..." I had to stop. To breathe. "You're one of the most incredible child I've ever met. Any man would be honored to be your father.""Then why can't you?""Because your father and I... we're not... it doesn't work that way.""Why not?"How