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Chapter 173

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Leon’s POV.

Scarlett lay on the hospital bed, her face pale and damp with sweat, her hair stuck to her temples. The nurses worked on either side of her, moving in a practiced rhythm, their hands steady as the doctor gave calm, yet firm directions. The lights above her made everything sharp and unreal.

And then there was me—utterly useless, gripping her hand as if that could somehow help her through the pain.

I’d faced blood before. Screaming, chaos, the kind of emergencies that could unmake a p
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