Chapter 9
Elissa headed to the ale poet with her statense.||
The ment the plane broke through the clouds, she felt completely reborn
When she landed in 1-A. Eliana was no longer the marble wide traing behind Mio Blake. She was a co-founder of a promising design startup.
Three hours earler, bark at Meront Sinai Hospital, Milo had been sitting by Harper’s bedside when a sudden, violent jam shot through his chest. He clutched at his heart. the ngooy so interar it felt like something essential was being torn from his body
Thana,” he whispered without thinking, panic flooding, his system for reasons he couldn’t explain.
vice was barely audible, but Harper caught. Her eyes immediately welled up. “Mio, if Eliana matters more, then just go. It’s not like anyone would miss me if a dard.” Hearing her words. Milo quickly pulled her into his arms. “Hey, don’t talk like that. I’m right here–nothing’s gonna happen to you.“[]
Then stay with me
Harper’s voice was so and needy, her hands sliding under his shirt, fingers trailing across his skin. Within moments, she had him completely distracted, though that wand sense of urgency kept narging him to leave.]]
As he hesitated. Harper leaned in and pressed kisses along his neck. His last defenses crumbled, and soon they tumbled from the hospital bed to the door.
Milo slept terribly that night jolting awake from nightmares over and over. Before dawn, he was already getting dressed.
Harper starred at the rustling sounds. Seeing bum about to leave, she whined, “Milo, where are you going? Do you have to be somewhere?“||
“My leg’s killing me. Can you rub it for me?
She clung to him desperately
But this time, no matter how much she begged. Ma gently pushed her away. Harper, the nurses are here. I’ve got some stuff to handle at work. I be back later, okay? | Before she could protest, he was gone, ignoring her calls behind him.
Driving home from the hospital. Milo found himself frantically searching every room of their house. That no matter how thoroughly he looked, he couldn’t and the person he desperately needed to see.
Her clothes were gone from the walk in closet. Her design sketches had vanished from the desk. Even that little stuffed bear she always kept on her nightstand was musing
A terrifying thought began to take shape.]
Had Flutis actually left him? |
1 chest tightened with something that felt dangerously close to panic. No. No way. She wouldn’t just leave. Not really
In the years of marriage, Ellapa had threatened to leave plenty of times–first for ber design career, then because of Harper’s return. They’d fought, sure, but she always que back when he paid her a little attention |
This time would be exactly the same. I had to be
w.l
| desperately to convince himself, but the house felt wrong–los empty, too quiet. Like something vital had been ripped away.
Fighting down has growing panic, he called for their housekeeper, trying to sound casual. “Hey Mary, I lost a cufflink can you test Eliana and ask her to grab me a met
Mary shined uncomfortably “Mr., Mrs Blake already left yesterday ~||
Before she could flash, Mur phone esploded with sound crying and chaos came through the speaker–urgent male vor mixed with sobbing
from the chaon, Mary quickly pieced together what was happening ||
Harper was claiming that Liian had shown up at the hospital with security guards, causing a massive scene and disrupting the entire ward
The be was obviously bullshit. Lisa was the gentlest person alive–she never pull thing that crazy. His, she’d left New York yesterday. How could she suddenly be
Harper’s Hospitalr||
Milo want completely stupid. He could see the babes in Harper’s story. But thinking of her pale, fragile fare in that hospital bed, his protective linets kicked into overdrive.]
Aller hanging
he barely managed a few words before rushing out again.
tarper’s in trouble, Gotta go
Tihana when she gets back to go to the hospital and apologize to Harper right away.“]
Terrified that Harper might have another breakdown. Milo had his driver, James, blow through several red lights. They were going so fast they nearly rear–ended a tas
james nervously eased off the gas “Sir, maybe we shoult-]]
“Down slow down, James. If we crash. I handle 11“]
The theraputs warnings echoed in his head as Mass heart hammered against his ribs. But the further he got from home, the more his thoughts kept drifting to Eliana.
n every single nightmare that had
mis, puise was going crazy, and he couldn’t tell if his heart was racing because of Harper’s supposed crisis or because Eliana had been in a woken up at night
Ten minutes later, his Tesla pulled up to Mount Sinai’s entrance|
Mão didn’t bother fixing his rumpled clothes before sprint and has cher friends, laughing and locking perfectly fine.
toward the VIP wing Tut when he burst through Harper’s door, he found her surrounded by Jake. Ryan.
