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of her pale dress clung to her thighs, stained and ruined. She blinked, trying to focus, but the sounds of the party arou

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sucked in a breath, barely able to stand. Her fingers curled tightly around

f her panic. She found him a few steps away, his back to he

. His expression hardened the moment his gaze met hers, a flicker of irrita

asked. His voice was low,

ed, her words trembling on h

ne as he regarded her for a moment. Then he sighed. A heav

for him, desperate for support

sake, Sophie

ened all

es of her vision darkened as her body crumbled, the floor rushing up to meet her. The last t

*

phie noticed when s

felt unnaturally heavy, pinned to the thin hospital bed. Her he

s. F

pression was gentle, but her eyes were full of pity. Sophi

throat burned.

ed. "You've had a

carr

merciless. Her hand instinctively touched her stomach, fin

on

her lids. It was all too much, the pain, the

're a

stood at the foot of the bed, dressed impeccably in his tailored suit. He

rted, but no

lickered to the

out of the room, the door clicking shut behind her. The

ome," Sophie managed,

of amusement in his expression. "Don't flatter

fusion clouding h

into his coat and pulled out a file. He placed it on

t is

papers," E

hoking her. Sophie stared at the folder,

bled. "Edward, you can't b

colder. "I've been serious for a while, Sophie. I wanted this b

d, tears pooling in her eyes.

e said otherwise. "But this has nothing to do with it

hing. But Edward Flynn was a man carved from stone. The husband she once loved

w?" she

watch. "I'm not here to argue.

loser to her, the pen

om everything she'd lost. The pain in her chest was unbearable, but

sistance. He was ready for a fight, ready

up the pen, ste

ter this?" she asked so

"That's not my concern a

nk. Without another word, she pressed the pen to

e only sound in the room. When she finished, she se

urprised. He hadn't expect

said quietly, he

ashing in his eyes. For the briefest of seconds, Sophie

tly under his arm. "I'll have someone coll

hed shoes clicking against the hospital floor. A

of yoursel

nd him, leaving Sophie alon

s, staring at the ceiling as sil

dward Flynn's

ho once wore his name was

her cheeks, but she didn't sob. She let

ng else settled deep inside her ch

was

ophie