Levi’s POVI walked inside my office with a heavy breath, the door closed behind me with a soft click.The air inside was cool and everywhere was so quiet. It was just the low hum of the AC and the soft ticking of the clock stayed over the cold windows.Everything still looks the same, but everything felt different. I was gone for some days, caught up in hospital rooms, in heartbreak, and in truths that were so overwhelming, and they knocked the breath right out of me.Nova. Or Jasmine, now.My wife. My heartbreak. My hope.She wanted space. A break. And I would give it to her, even if it killed me slowly from the inside out. I would wait until she is finally ready to be back with me.I took off my coat and placed it on the couch. My office chair squeaked as I sat down, rubbing my temples. I did not even sit down fully before my assistant barged in. Her face was looking pale and nervous. I became nervous to know what was going on “Mr Levi, you, you need to see this.”My eyes narrowed
Rita’s POV The house was quiet.It had not always been like this. There was a time when Miller's home was full of life. Laughter filled the atmosphere, heels sounded on the marble floor, music was played softly in the sitting room, and Felicia’s voice rings out anytime she gives an order or asks for things no one can do. Back then, everything felt loud and busy.Now it felt like an empty shell. A big house with expensive things but no joy. I sat down on the couch, holding my teacup with my two hands. The tea was warm, but it could not stop the cold I was feeling inside.David sat across from me in a chair. He looked deep in thought, staring at nothing in particular. His face looked so tired.This week had changed everything. We had already lost a daughter once, and the pain of that was something we never forgot.But this time, this time we almost lost her again. She came back into our lives, grown, beautiful, hurt, and broken. And just when we thought we would lose her again, someth
Levi’s POVI wasn’t in the mood to see anyone.After the conversation with Nova, my heart had been pacing like a caged animal. The echo of her voice saying we needed space refused to quiet down. She hadn’t screamed. She hadn’t lashed out. But her calm resolve was worse. It meant she had already made up her mind.And a made-up mind is very hard to fight, to convince otherwise.I could feel the beginning of distance crawling between us like a fog. She was slipping.And I was the cause of it all. Since that moment that Naomi and Felicia leaked the video of her and Jace, I shouldn’t have locked her out. I should have given her a listening ear. I should have never doubted her even if I was angry. And because of that hole between us, the haters were ready to take advantage. And I gave them the power and chance to make sure they did that. They used it well, especially Felicia. I was still standing in the hallway outside her hospital room, my hands shoved into the pockets of my coat, trying
Nova's POV The hospital room was quiet now. After all the crazy news, the crying, and the memories that hit me like broken glass, there was just silence. Heavy silence that made you sit there with feelings you did not know what to do with. Levi sat down in the chair that was close to my bed. He rested his arms on his knees and his hands kept moving around each other. I could see it in him that he was trying to think of what to say. I felt him staring at me when he thought I was not looking. But I was looking. I always watched him. That was my problem. I turned from the window. The morning light hit his face and made him look soft. His eyes found mine. He looked like he wanted something but was scared too. "I know this is bad timing," he said in a low voice. "But we have to talk. Just us two. No one else is around." I nodded. "Yeah, we do." He got up, walked up to my bed, and sat down on the floor next to it. His hand went to the sheets that was close to mine but he did not tou
Nova’s POVRita held my hand as if she was scared that I would disappear again, but I do not blame her for doing that. I was feeling I might in a way.My body was still heavy from the injuries I sustained from the accident, my mind tangled between Nova and Jasmine, past and present, fear and understanding. But her warmth grounded me. The tears between us had dried, but it left a strange calmness behind, a stillness that made me feel safe for the first time in a long while.She sat down beside me now, wiping the corner of her eyes with the handkerchief in her hand. “There is something else that I need to tell you,” she said softly. Her voice was careful, it sounded as if she was trying not to ruin the moment. “About Felicia.”The name hit me like a dull knock in the chest. My muscles became tense.“I do not want to talk about her,” I said quickly, my voice became more quiet than intended.“You need to know the truth,” Rita said gently. “You deserve to.”I nodded, swallowing the nerves
Nova’s POV I woke up slowly, it was as if my mind was walking through syrup. There was no jolt. No panic. Just quiet.Gentle beeping. A warm blanket. The muted scent of antiseptic and fresh sheets. The soft hum of something mechanical.I looked up at the ceiling, and I blinked, letting my eyes to slowly adjust to the soft light that was overhead. I felt very tired, as if my whole body was not used by me. My throat was dry, my hands were really in pains, and a strange heaviness was attached to my legs. But the most overwhelming sensation was clarity. Everything was so clear to me.Because the moment I opened my eyes, I remembered everything. All of it.Not just the crash. Not just Felicia’s games or Levi’s silence. I remembered before that. Before this life.Before Nova.I remembered Jasmine.I did not even know how it happened or why the memories came, but they did. It was flowing like water that was rushing through a crack in a glass, they surged and overwhelmed me. A mother’s voi