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Chapter 9

Author: Cher
When Tommaso returned to the hospital, Gelsomina was destroying everything in sight. Expensive medical equipment lay shattered on the floor, and the room was in chaos.

"Tommaso!" The moment she saw him enter, she threw herself into his arms. Tears instantly streamed down her face.

"I was so scared! I thought I was going to die!"

"It's over now." Tommaso patted her back mechanically, but my calm face involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

My composure even after a life-or-death situation had stirred something in him that he couldn't quite name.

"You won't leave me, will you?" Gelsomina looked up at him, her eyes almost pleading as she pressed on, "You'll always protect me, right? Just like when we were little?"

Tommaso looked at her. His lips moved. Before, he would have agreed without hesitation. It had been his instinct, like a promise carved into his bones.

But now, faced with her tantrums and unreasonable behavior, he felt a flicker of irritation. The feeling shocked even him.

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