d against a mountain of pillows, her leg in a pristine white cast. She smiled sweetly at Liam

hould have been more careful with you." He glanced away, a flicker of something dark i

ah said, her voice dripping with false

her sensitive side, her artistic temperament that sometimes tipped into what he considered moodiness. He remembered

e withdrawn, quieter. He had seen it as clinginess, as insecurity. He hadn' t seen the quiet desperation in

He had been so focused on his work, on making a name for himself, that her needs had become backgrou

and. Chloe was with him, supported by a nurse, her face pale and her eyes

hloe' s condition. The fall was more serious than we thought. Her scans

startled. "Wha

expression unnervingly calm. It was a calmness that felt wrong,

jury wasn' t worse,"

looked at Liam, her eyes clear for the first time. "