right where the night had left her. She hadn't slept a wink. The locked door rem

eup with steady precision, concealing the exhaustion and hollow shadows beneath a flawless foundation, and sli

He was already dressed in another impeccable suit, looking refres

other pushed our lunch to tomorrow. Right now,

two colleagues hea

odded, not trus

ating them from the suffocating tension in the back seat. Hilary stared out the window, the city

resbyterian for a recurring heart issue. Seeing her daughter and

aid, her voice frail. She clearly adored her son-in-law

edside table, poured a warm cup of water for Janet, and draped a steady, affectionate arm around

ght of his arm, fighting the s

tantly from her waist. He glanced at the screen, his expression

lary, did you and Julian have a fig

ed, forcing a smile. She couldn't bu

good man. He's successful, and he's been so good to our family. You nee

. He already had a five-year-old son. D

d further, but she just

n hurried. "Something's come u

ek, then looked at Hilary. "You stay and spend some more tim

urned and strode out of the room,

Fitzgerald, arrived. He took one look at the lavish frui

shoulder. "You're lucky to have a husband like him, Hilary. If it weren't for the Carlisle Group, our family would have gone under

anet murmured weakly from the bed,

tening vise, the weight of their expect

cuse, and slipped out of the room. She didn't call the driver. An impulse she

on the bank of elevators. She wasn't sure what she w

figure emerged from a separat

as J

left the

her. The expression on his face was one she had

sturing with one hand, a small, in

s partners or the respectful one he gave to h

stomach. She instinctively shrank behind

leave. Instead, he turned and walked into a hi

merged carrying a sleek g

he VIP elevator and

dy. The phone call. The tender expression

here, in the same hospital, just on a

r chest tightening as she watched