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pact from the accident was too se
words were fl
ound her. A cramp seized her abdomen, a vicious, twisting pain, but it was noth
cus. "No... that's no
ill-flat stomach, a use
thin. "We need to perform a D&C immediately to prevent hemorrhag
sb
flickered in her eyes. Her lips trembled slightly as she maintained the last s
dent, but you also had a mild concussion. After the curettage surgery, you need to stay in bed for
he doorway. Their voices were low, but in the ringing
nd rear ended at the overpass this morning, causing some s
ati. Miss
me of the woman who h
ock of the crash. Why was Julian with the person w
through her. She shoved the doctor away, ignorin
tting the cold linoleum floor. She stumbled ou
e chill of the floor tiles shot up her legs, a shar
her breath coming in ra
end of the hall. A voice she knew better than her own, n
r breath, creeping towar
saw him. Julian Carlisle.
sitting on the edge of a hospital bed. He was stroki
ile and angelic in a pale blue hospital g
s gripping his shirt tightly. "It hurts so much...
der devotion-a tone Carly had never heard in their three years of marria
t hurts, Julian. Ple
his thumb. "I'm not going anywhere," he murmured, his v
face against him as she continued to cry
evastation she had left in her wake, while Julian offered her his entire heart. The pain of the crash, the grief for her lost chil
ling hand accidentally bumped against
ide the door and blinked. "Julian," she asked, her voice tinged with innocent confusion, "isn't that the assistant
otion in his eyes. He looked at her as if she were a complete stranger, utterly indifferent and unbothered. With jus
tep, until her back hit the cold w
wallowed it down. The grief was so immenng her vacant expression, the doctor's tone softened slightly. "Mrs. Peter
its strings cut. She let them guide h
e took one last look bac
's sanctuary. Outside
bones, that her marriage, her love, had died in th
fyingly calm, yet incredibly fragil
cern. "But we still need
ter tear finally escaping her empty eyes. "My h
lights above blurred into a dizzying spin, and before the doctor could reach out to catch her,
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