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Chapter 144 Lingering

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Mia's POV

"Are you all right, sir?" he asked the startled patient, a frail-looking man with thinning white hair.

"Yes, yes," the man muttered, clearly embarrassed. "These confounded wheels... they just got away from me."

A nurse hurried up, flushed and apologetic. "Mr. Bartlett! I'm so sorry—I just stepped away for a moment to get your discharge papers."

"No harm done, thanks to this young man," Mr. Bartlett said, gesturing to Kyle.

The nurse took control of the wheelchair, thanking Kyle profusely before wheeling Mr. Bartlett away, gently admonishing him about the wheelchair brakes as they went.

And then it was just Kyle and me, standing in the middle of the hospital corridor, staring at each other.

"What are you doing here?" The words tumbled out before I could stop them.

Kyle's expression shifted from concern to irritation in an instant. "Saving you from getting run down by a wheelchair, apparently." His eyes moved to my belly, his frown deepening. "What were you thinking, walking t
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