His Unknowing Bride

a hospital bed. A doctor stood beside her, his expression grim. He was explaining things to her, words like "

sense of calm washing ove

as pale, his earlier anger replaced by a tense, unreadable

uiet but still sharp with accusation. "Fainting spe

him, really looked at him, for what felt like the last time. She wante

iam," she whispered,

r little pity party? Are you finally g

"I'm leaving. For

but it was gone as quickly as it came. He shook his head, a bitter s

tore through Ava's body. A searing pain erupted in her chest, and she tasted the coppery tang of blood

re hem

k, a frantic, high-pitched alarm. Nurses

k. But then he hardened his heart. It was just more of her dramatics. She was always looking for attention. He pressed the

, handing him shots of whiskey. They were trying to get him to celebrate,

friends, Mike, slurred, leaning in close. "You see

is glass down on the bar. "It was ove

ve," another friend chimed in. "Especially

e of the bar. Everyone stared. He pushed away from the bar, his chest tight with a f

l. He told himself he just wanted to make sure she hadn't caused any

he door ope

es grim. The frantic beeping was gone, replaced by a single, continuous, soul-destr

closed. She wa

42 PM," a doctor sa

world sh