تسجيل الدخولمشاركة
Chapter 082
تاريخ النشر:
2026-05-10 00:57:21
أحدث فصل
Too Late To Beg Chapter 085
TAMSIN Leo nodded. "Alright. Give me one moment." He stepped to the corner of the room and made a phone call. He spoke quietly and quickly. Two minutes later, a young woman walked into the room dressed in a nurse's uniform, with her hair tucked under a surgical cap and a bag slung over her shoulder. She did not greet me. She did not introduce herself. She simply set down her bag, peeled off her scrubs without a hint of self-consciousness, and revealed that she was wearing a patient gown identical to mine underneath. I started to laugh. I could not help it. "You planned for everything." "I tried." The woman handed me her scrubs and her cap, then climbed into my bed and pulled the covers up to her chin with the practiced ease of someone who had done this kind of thing before. I dressed quickly. The nurse helped me tuck my bandage carefully beneath the cap so it would not show. Leo offered me his arm as we approached the door. I did not take it. "I can wa
Too Late To Beg Chapter 084
TAMSIN After James left the hospital room, I leaned back against the pillows with my phone clutched in my hand, scrolling through the Sterling Hospital website for any update on the lead surgical oncologist position. The page refused to load properly. The signal in my private room was inconsistent at best, and the hospital wifi seemed to actively resent me. I was on my third attempted refresh when the door opened. A doctor walked in. He wore the standard pale blue scrubs of the hospital, a stethoscope draped around his neck, a surgical mask covering the lower half of his face, and a cap pulled low over his brow. Everything about him was deliberately anonymous. Except that I would have recognised those eyes anywhere on earth. I had loved them once. I had searched for them in crowds for years after they disappeared. I had memorised the precise way the corners crinkled when he laughed, the way they darkened when he was thinking, the way they softened when he looked at me. I would
Too Late To Beg Chapter 083
JAMES The morning of the final hearing came too quickly. I dressed with care. The dark grey suit I knew Tammy liked, the navy tie she had bought me herself one Christmas, the cufflinks I wore at our wedding. I wanted everything to be deliberate. Significant. I picked Tammy up from the hospital myself. She was waiting in a wheelchair, dressed in a cream coloured blouse and dark trousers, her hair pulled back into a soft braid that hid most of her bandage. She looked beautiful. Pale and tired, yes, but beautiful. I took her hand and led her to the car. I opened the passenger door for her, helped her settle, and made sure her seatbelt was fastened before walking around to my own side. She was very quiet on the drive. I told myself it was the anticipation. The exhaustion. The strain of being out of the hospital for the first time in two weeks. "Are you nervous?" I asked her gently as we approached the courthouse. "No," she said quietly, watching the buildings pass throu
Too Late To Beg Chapter 082
JAMES The past thirteen days were the longest of my life. From the moment I received that call, the one that turned my blood to ice and sent me racing across the city with my hands trembling on the steering wheel, I felt as though I were living someone else's nightmare. Tammy, injured. Tammy, unconscious. Tammy, found in the freezer storage of Sterling Hospital like a forgotten parcel, her skin so pale and so cold that the paramedics had not been entirely certain whether they were transporting a patient or a body. When I finally arrived at Sterling, the sight of her nearly broke me. She was on a gurney in the trauma bay, a bandage already wound tight around her head, her lips faintly blue, an oxygen mask covering the lower half of her face. Her hair was damp. Her skin felt like marble when I touched her hand. And Leonardo Price was standing beside her. Of course he was. The hospital staff explained, with a kind of breathless admiration, that Mr. Price had been the one to
Too Late To Beg Chapter 081
TAMSIN When I opened my eyes again, the world was different. White ceiling. White walls. The soft hum of medical equipment. The sharp, antiseptic smell of a hospital room. Something was wrapped around my head. Something a little tight and uncomfortable. I was wearing a thin hospital gown. An IV line ran from my arm to a clear bag suspended on a metal pole. I blinked slowly, trying to gather myself. There were two figures standing across the room, speaking in low voices. A man in a white coat. A woman in scrubs. I tried to sit up. My head responded with a deep, sickening throb, but I refused to lie back down. I needed to know where I was. I needed to know what had happened. The man in the white coat turned at my movement. "Tamsin," he breathed. He rushed to my bedside, and as he came closer, my vision sharpened enough to actually see his face. It was not a doctor. It was Leo. "Leo?" I whispered, confusion tangling with the throbbing in my skull. The woman in s
Too Late To Beg Chapter 080
TAMSIN After walking away from Leo in the garden, I forced myself back into the party hall, though every fibre of my being wanted to flee. I was finished with the night. Finished with the smiling faces, the whispered comments, the watchful eyes that had witnessed my public humiliation at the hands of my mother-in-law. When James eventually found me near the edge of the room, his expression carefully composed, he asked if I was alright. "I am exhausted," I said quietly. "I would like to go home now." He did not argue. He apologised once again for what his mother had done, then thanked me, in that smooth voice of his, for showing up at his side when he had needed me most. I did not respond. The drive home was silent. James kept glancing at me, but I kept my gaze fixed on the window, watching the city lights blur past in streaks of gold and red. The moment we arrived at the villa, I went straight to my room and shut the door behind me, turning the lock with deliberate final
قد تعجبك أيضًا
The Three Little Guardian Angels
Ginger Bud3.3M وجهات النظرThe President's Accidental Wife
Blue Fruity1.0M وجهات النظرWarning: My Mommy is A Savage!
Seeking A Peaceful Life2.1M وجهات النظرI Fell For The Boy His Daddy Was A Bonus
LiLhyz938.3K وجهات النظرSins Of The Flesh: A Taboo Collection
Elite195 وجهات النظرHis Greatest Regrets
White Orchid 20 وجهات النظرMy Ruthless Billionaire Ex Wants Me Back
Ella Writes128 وجهات النظرThe Wife They Tried To Bury
Elsa Gold134 وجهات النظر
