Regretful Man, Redeemed Woman

fever. The physical and emotional trauma had caught up with her. She la

voice holding a trace of the old concern she remembered from their ch

k her temperature. For a moment, it was

r. He went to the medicine cabinet and c

e cool cloth on her forehead. A small, treacherous part of her

d, his voice soft.

ain," she said, her voic

t want a fight. He just wan

h can next to her dresser. The stick of the pregnancy test she had

at?" he ask

stopped. "Noth

ink lines. He turned it over in his hand, a look of c

t the screen, and his entire expression changed. The

king out of the room. He answered the call as he went down th

go to Isabella. He didn't even ask her about the pregnanc

room door. She didn' t enter, just stood in the door

er voice dripping with venom disguised as concern. "Ethan has a very importan

her. The audacity of

ainst the doorframe. "After everything Ethan has done for you, you' re still

her feel small and pathetic. But Elean

stomach as a wave of dizziness

"Your room? Don' t be silly. This is Eth

leanor repeated, her v

because her smile faded. She gave Eleanor one las

dy trembling with a mixture of fever and ange

hlo

are you? I wa

n you book my flight? The first on

u sure you' re well

e hardening into steel. "I have to get ou

was her escape plan, her path to a life that was entirely her own. She had an interview lined up with the