LOGINOn the day Shannon was finally going to have the wedding her husband promised her, everything shattered in a single crash. When she woke up, three months had passed and Rowan had forgotten her. Instead, he remembered another woman. Evelyn, the ex his family always wanted now standing where Shannon once belonged. Branded a gold digger, erased from her own home, and thrown out of the life she fought to build, Shannon is given nothing… not even the chance to prove the truth.
View MoreThe doctor stilled for a fraction of a second. It was small, barely noticeable but it was there. His pen paused mid air, just for a beat too long before he continued writing.
“…You’re doing well,” he said, his tone smooth.
His gaze then flickered briefly to the nurse.
The nurse shifted, “Doctor?”
He didn’t answer immediately instead, he stepped back.
“Excuse me,” he said, then gestured slightly for her to follow.
They moved a short distance away. Not far enough to leave the room just far enough to lower their voices.
Shannon watched them faintly, her vision still a little blurred. She couldn’t hear everything only fragments.
“…she just woke…”
“…should we clarify...”
“…not yet…”
The nurse nodded then they both turned back.
The doctor’s expression had already reset like nothing had happened.
“You’re stable,” he said. “But you need to avoid emotional stress.”
Shannon nodded, not thinking much of it, her mind was already elsewhere. “Rowan,” she said softly. “I want to see him.”
The doctor hesitated again, just for a second then he gave a small nod. “We’ll arrange that.”
A wheelchair was soon wheeled in and Shannon was helped into it by the nurse. Her body was weak, unsteady, but she barely noticed. Her focus was fixed straight ahead, her fingers curling tightly against the armrest as the nurse pushed her through the hallway. “How long…” she began. “How long was I out?” The nurse’s hands tightened almost imperceptibly on the handles. “Not too long, try not to think about that right now.” Shannon nodded faintly. It didn’t matter. Rowan was alive. That was enough. The elevator doors slid open with a quiet chime, and the nurse pushed her inside. Shannon’s heart began to beat faster as she noticed the button pressed. “VIP ward?” she asked. “Yes.” A small, fragile smile touched her lips. That sounded like him. The elevator opened onto a quieter floor. Everything felt calmer here almost insulated from the rest of the hospital. And then voices. Shannon’s breath caught. “…I’ve missed you so much, Rowan.” Her heart stopped. That voice, soft and familiar. Her fingers tightened around the armrest. “Evelyn?” she whispered, confusion knitting her brows. Why was Evelyn here? Why did she sound like that? Another voice followed, older, colder, familiar in a way that made Shannon’s chest tighten. “I’ve been waiting for this,” Rowan’s mother said, satisfaction threading through every word. “Seeing you two like this again, it feels right. It always should have been you.” “What?” Shannon breathed. “I can’t wait for you both to leave this place and start your life properly,” his mother continued. “Move in together. Build something real this time.” The nurse slowed but Shannon leaned forward instead, her pulse roaring in her ears. No. No, that didn’t make sense. A soft laugh drifted out from inside the room. Rowan. Her Rowan. “You’ve been here every day,” he said, his voice lighter than she remembered. “I don’t even remember half of what happened, but you just feel right.” Something inside Shannon fractured. “Rowan…” Evelyn murmured. And then silence. Shannon’s breath hitched sharply. Before the nurse could stop her, she pushed herself up. “Miss...!” Too late. Her legs barely held her as she stumbled forward, gripping the wall briefly before forcing herself into the room. And what she saw Shattered her completely.Shannon caught Sean’s wrist.He looked at her.She shook her head, not yet knowing what he was being asked to do, only knowing what he might offer.Sean turned his hand beneath hers and held it. “I want proof they’re alive,” he said.“Do you think I would have gone to the trouble of collecting them just to kill them before we spoke?”“I think you’re capable of anything. Put one of them on.”Silas looked towards the door. For a moment, he considered refusing. Then he pressed the small button beside his chair.Darius entered. “Bring his mother.”Sean heard the instruction. His grip tightened around Shannon’s fingers.She looked towards the hallway. A guard stood outside the sitting room. Shannon motioned to him, keeping her voice low. “Get my father. Now.”The man left immediately.Silas heard something move at Sean’s end. “You’re not alone.”“I’m inside a house. There are people in it.”“Then be careful what you tell them.”“Let me hear my mother.”The door opened again. Mrs. Vale ente
Edward watched him approach. Each slow step made it harder to keep his wife behind him. “Whatever you think I did,” Edward said, “she did not give Sean the address.”Silas stopped. “There it is.”Edward went silent.“You finally said something useful.”His wife looked at him.Silas’s smile returned, but without warmth. “Sean’s men searched the building shortly after your guards brought you to safety. You were the only person outside my organization who had been invited there.”“Sean already knew about the clinic.”“I am not speaking about the clinic.”Edward lowered his gaze. He had no answer.Silas waited another moment, allowing him time to search for one. Then he said, “Look at me.”Edward obeyed.“You know what is in store for you. Don’t insult us both by pretending you can talk your way out of it.”Mrs. Vale made a small sound.Edward felt her fingers slipping from his as she began to shake. He held on tighter.Silas looked down at their joined hands. “Now you want to protect som
Downstairs, Harris’s phone lay beneath his outstretched hand. A message from one of Sean’s other team leaders had appeared on the lock screen. 'Any requirements for the afternoon shift?'There would be no reply.The men moved Edward and his wife through the hallway.Mrs. Vale saw Harris beside the entrance and stopped so abruptly that the man behind her nearly collided with her. “Oh God.”Edward followed her gaze.Harris had stood between them and the men who came to their house. He had brought them safely here.This morning, Edward had thanked him for a shirt and now he lay motionless a few feet from the front door.Mrs. Vale began crying.Darius moved into her line of sight. “Keep walking.”“He has a family,” she said.Darius did not answer.Edward pulled her gently towards him.Outside, a vehicle waited near the entrance.Edward searched the grounds. No guard at the gate, no movement beside the garage, no one coming.His wife leaned closer. “Sean will know,” she whispered.Edward l
When Sean returned to the study, Kennedy lowered his phone. “What did you say?”“That my father cheated you, you went after what belonged to you, and someone is trying very hard to make everyone forget the first part.”Shannon’s shoulders eased.Kennedy studied him. “You didn’t have to do that.”Sean slipped his phone into his pocket. “I wasn’t going to let them use my silence against you.”“Edward is still your father.”“Yes. That doesn’t make the story they’re telling true.”Shannon reached for his hand when he came beside her. “Thank you,” she whispered.He squeezed her fingers.Not long after, on the laptop the broadcast changed. Sean’s photograph appeared beside Kennedy’s.SEAN VALE DEFENDS KENNEDY MILES: ‘MY FATHER’S CRIMES BROUGHT THE COMPANY DOWN.’Kennedy read it without speaking. Then his gaze shifted towards Sean.There had been a time when he would have searched those words for an ulterior motive. This morning, he simply said, “Thank you.”Silas watched the statement appea
The guest room was at the end of the hall.Shannon paused at the doorway, her fingers resting lightly against the frame before she stepped in.It used to be a storage room now it was neat, cleaned and prepared.A bed, fresh sheets and a wardrobe that looked barely used.Shannon exhaled slowly and s
The hospital discharged them the next day.Shannon didn’t know whether that was fate or cruelty.She stood just outside the building, her fingers gripping the thin discharge papers in her hand as the sunlight hit her face. Too bright. Like the world hadn’t just ended for her.A few steps ahead Rowa
Shannon’s knees weakened beneath her. Three months of silence. Three months of absence. Three months where she wasn’t there. Her breathing grew uneven. Three months where someone else was. Her gaze slowly shifted back to Rowan. And this time she understood. Rowan watched her, something sharp
Rowan sat on the bed, his arm wrapped loosely around Evelyn.Evelyn stood close, too close, and Rowan leaned in, pressing a soft kiss to her cheek like it was the most natural thing in the world.Like he had done it a hundred times.Like it belonged there.“Stop!”The word tore out of Shannon befor
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