But none of them were, of themselves, likely to kill you." He stared at her. "The difficulties you were having with your breathing should have told yo... something was very seriously wrong. Both your lungs were partially collapsed. The right lung, the larger lung, was almost completely collapsed. Your lung function was down to about ten or fifteen percent, your blood-ox level was under seventy percent. That should have been ninety eight percent or better. And you had a small amount of internal. ” Lauren replied, and the two shared a giggle. “I just…” she trailed off. Her shyness returned.“What?”She took another large sip from her Palm Bay and loudly exhaled. “I dunno. I just never expected a younger guy to find me cute. It doesn’t happen, you know?”“Neither does quitting your job out of nowhere, or engaging in public intoxication with a stranger, or throwing an eSports career out the window because your manager is an asshat.”“Throwing your… what…?” Lauren repeated slowly. “I don’t get. .. yes, someone was in my car. I unlocked the doors with the remote and quickly opened the back door and quickly looked inside. Initially spotted the bare feet and legs of a woman, who, after I got a closer look, I confirmed was my wife."Why hello, how has your day been?" she asked, as if it were perfectly natural for her to be there.Before saying anything, I looked closer and realized she had on her black gown and not a whole lot less. When she slid a little closer to me I saw that she had. John admired her from his seat in the corner of the room, stroking his fingertips over the smooth leather. He watched the pulse thudding in her throat, the rise and fall of her full breasts, the hardening of her nipples, the quivering of her thighs. He let out a content sigh, a sigh of power and control.There this beautiful creature was, vulnerable, exposed and completely offering herself to him. He stood up slowly smoothing down the creases in his smart trousers, carefully rolling up the.