than still hadn' t set foot

rse asked kindly as she changed Chloe' s IV b

room next door. She wanted to say, yes, ve

time she shuffled down the hallway, she had to pass Ashley' s room. And every time, s

. Once the cooling-off period was over, they would be strangers. She

ne last time. The door was slightly ajar. Through the gap,

ttle more. You need t

on her face was pure happiness. After she finis

e' s your wife, after all. I' m afraid sh

an edge to his voice. "You had a serious car accident, and you have no other f

riend," he added.

ey passed, they entrusted her to the Miller family. The two families had a

did. At least, Chloe never had. When she was pursuing Ethan and constantly hitting walls, it was Ash

her. She walked rig

with a fresh wave of pain. She turned to leave, b

that I can' t bear to

en' t hurt anyone!" Ethan' s voice was a sof

iful. "But I don' t want to stay here and keep being a bother. The Miller family will neve

d down and kissed her. It wasn' t a gentle kiss; it was force

led back, holding her tight

o be a loving couple was the only way. Besi

parents keep pressuring you to have a child! You can'

e low and hard, "I' ll have her do IVF. We can have a child that

she never imagined this. After seven years of loving him, after giving up a kidney for his real lo

inside the room rip

s the

he hospital r

ty hallway, a frown on his fa

Chloe had ducked into an empty room across the hall. She waited unti