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I’d give my whole fucking fortune up for her, but instead of admitting that, I say, “You’ll release her.”
“And you’ll keep your investments.”
“Yes, but I will not be your acting defense council anymore. Go find someone else to clean your messes.”
“Deal.” He turns to go, placing a cigar between his lips and lighting it, then stops and faces me again. “Are you sure she’s still not your woman?”
“She is my fucking woman.”The only woman I’ve ever wanted to be mine.
He gives a slight nod, a smirk, and leaves. A nurse stops him, probably to tell him he shouldn’t be smoking in the hospital, but he blows a cloud of smoke in her face and continues on his way.
Me, on the other hand? I pray for the first fucking time in my life. Not to a god, but to the woman sleeping inside.
Don’t even think about leaving me, witch.
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ASPEN
Pain spreads in my head and I groan, my eyes slowly opening.
Please tell me I wasn’t assigned to the same section of hell as my father. Yes, I killed him and myself, but he definitely has more blood on his hands.
The least the managers of this place could do is separate us.
Or maybe my custom-made hell is to be with him so he’ll have a hold on me even after death.
“Mom…!”
I jolt, then I remain completely still as a shock of white, antiseptic, and vanilla scent surrounds me.
Is this a heartless play of my imagination?
Otherwise, how could Gwen be here and even call me Mom?
A shadow perches over me and I squint when her soft, beautiful face comes into focus.
A wide smile pulls at her lips. “You’re finally awake.”
I cough, my throat scratching, and with it comes that faint pain again.
“Oh, here, drink some water.” She helps me to sit up and places a glass of water with a straw to my lips.
I take greedy gulps, letting the liquid soothe my dry throat, but I can’t stop staring at her. At her wild ginger hair and red puffy eyes.
It’s starting to look so freakishly real and I can’t afford to have such hope now.
I reach a finger to her face and wipe at the dry tear streaks on her cheek. But no matter how much I touch her, she doesn’t disappear. “You were crying.”
“Of course I was crying.” She nestles the glass of water between her elegant fingers. “I thought you were going to die with that crazy jerk, and then when you were sleeping for two days, I was so scared that it’d be Dad’s coma all over again.”
My lips part as stabs of my memory start rolling through my head. I think I heard Kingsley’s voice in those last moments.
Is the reason I’m alive because he’s…
“K-King…” My voice trembles. “Is he…”
“Right outside, kind of threatening your doctor with a lawsuit because you wouldn’t wake up. He can be extra like that, my dad.” She grins. “But you should’ve seen him when he came running the moment you were falling. He singlehandedly pulled you from the edge, even when your father was trying to drag you with him. Daddy looked like a superhero.”
