Ring On My Finger, Crown On My Head

s winding down when Khloe Todd walked bac

hart when her phone buzzed-

make dinner. Don't wa

third anniversary of

and wait for him so the two of them cou

ct he'd chased for six months with no l

e was oc

oup had kept him perpetually busy. She w

old him that she had been temporar

ock out, an emergency room nu

orpus luteum with internal bleeding. She's det

grew solemn as she instin

e, she asked, "Any idea what ca

y awkward. "Uh... apparentl

ing further. She simpl

She had treated plenty of young couples whose enthusiasm h

ncy treatment area, an angry male

s barely conscious from the pain! I

tracks. A sharp ach

rounding equipment before settling on the tall, broad

aimed he would be working late and had

ed to the woman writhing on the stretc

the noise of the emergency department

!" the nurse s

His eyes landed on the woman standing there in

th anger. "What're you waiting for? Save her! If s

ays been gentle and affectionate whenever he was with her now wo

her nails digging pain

im. Instead, she turned to the team, her

ment, it reminded him of Khloe. But that couldn't be right. Khloe

next instant, every bit of his attention returned to Ruby Bail

above the theater door

hloe took a breath and

the operation was su

al team as they pushed the stret

Vernon leap from the bench, rush to Rub

he whispered softly. "I'm h

cold look, then turn

nd took out the contract. One page after another, she rippe

cab and made her way to the home she and Vernon