Lingering Obsession

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through it before, turned it into fuel. But this? This is different. This pain is a reminder-it settled in my chest, in

I could still feel my body aching like hell, the deep stab wound in my abdomen a brutal reminder of how close I had come to death. I shouldn't have been here. The docto

severe. But someone had stopped the bleed

r. And I can't res

-

. Three days have passed since I had been

I didn't know her name, didn't know what she looked like. The only things I could still remembered w

r voice. The distant echo of a soft, urgent voice urging me to h

. My team has combed through security footage, but the area where I was attacked had no cameras. W

face. Just

lt my empire on control, on knowing every thing of the world around me. Yet this w

for my approval, but my mind refuses to let go. I should be dead,

t igno

the glass. The whiskey burns as it slides down my throat, but it does noth

nted memories of soft hands pressing against h

me more desper

dream of

avily in the air. A woman's soft hands was applied pressure to my wounds, her urgent whispers telling

astard who stabbed me. He was standing right beside the woman, his eyes gleaming with malice. And sud

I tried to push her away. But she held firm, she wouldn't let go.

eat, my heart racing, and the soft scent of

ed ans

hy did she save me only to ha

gh my thoughts. I snatch it up before the

oth our ends."We m

ghten.

ne that night. Could mean nothing-could be a nurse gett

ru

d that changes everything. If she was a nurse, that meant

a threa

ned smirk. I'm closer than I was yest

I find her, I won't let her slip awa

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months after that accident and the memory of the man I saved still lingers in my mind like ghost. I couldn't

t I get him out of my head? I had saved countless lives as a

he thought that he was Darlingto

nd headed to the hospital. The crisp mo

he fact I singled handedly helped a dying soul on a lonely stre

all places to kill Darlington cross it was on a lonely road? Who wanted him

chedule of surgeries and consultations, and I couldn't afford to be distracted

ger's life and I was being searched for in the country who i saved, an

y scrubs, Dr. Lee approached me with a concerned expression. "Elara

uch I wanted to know. "No

a lead," Dr. Lee pointed out, lowering her voice. "Apparently, a witness

rmal expression, trying not to express my shocked state. "That's interesti

e know who she is. Come to think It's interesting that a lady is strong enough

two worlds were about to collide in ways I couldn't even imagine. And I had no one