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– Amelia's Pov I hadn't told Ethan about the kiss.Not because I was confused, not because I was covering for Jared. I wasn't. Jared's behavior was inappropriate and uncalled for. But I didn't want to sabotage what Ethan and I had started to develop, not when he was finally being open with me. Not when he was working so hard.I avoided Jared. I avoided him in messages. I avoided letting our paths cross. I went so far as to switch where I ate lunch, just to be safe. But still, I couldn’t shake this nagging sensation that he was still there. Watching.I tried to brush it aside as I strode down the hallway of the hospital. The walls were too white, the lighting too harsh. My clothes carried with them a faint whiff of the disinfectant. My feet felt leaden as I went towards my mother's door, and I inhaled before entering.She slept, her face tilted to one side, an oxygen tube resting across her cheek. Her face was more gaunt than I remembered. Fragile. I sat next to her, watching her ches
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(Ethan's Pov)Time stood still the instant Veronica charged."Amelia, return!" I cried, trying to propel the wheels on my chair to move more quickly.She was frozen stiff, unable to move, inches from the thin strip of metal that was hidden in Veronica's jacket. The knife glinted in fluorescent light, gliding through air with lethal precision. My heart seemed to be working overtime.Without hesitation, I pushed ahead. A stinging, burning agony ran down my back as I forced my legs to support more weight than their unaccustomed frames could bear. But I showed no weakness.Amelia let out an anguished cry. I caught her in time, shoving her back. At that moment, searing agony pierced my wrist. Hot blood gushed out in an instant. My breath stuck in my constricted throat.Rather, the blade had found me.“Ethan!” Amelia fell to her knees next to him, seizing his wrist in alarm. “You’re bleeding—God, you’re bleeding!”I gritted my teeth, doing my best to keep my pain from blinding my eyes. “I’m
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(Amelia, First Person, Past Tense)The house felt heavier without him.His silence bore down on me like heavy mist that clung to my chest as I went by his empty room.I was awake. Not quite. I'd spent the day at the hospital after the surgery, but the physicians had released me to rest while he recovered. Rest—a harsh word.I sat in front of my vanity, brushing my hair with slow, rhythmic strokes, looking at my reflection but not seeing it. My thoughts wandered repeatedly to Ethan, who lay in that sterile hospital bed, as white as a ghost, lips parched, hand bound tightly where Veronica had cut him.He had rescued me. With his body. And before he lost consciousness, he told me that he loved me. That he didn't need a contract anymore. That he needed me.I should have agreed.I should've yelled it.But I had frozen. And now I had no idea what that silence cost.I sighed, pinning on the brush when some aspect induced hairs on my neck to bristle.A shadow. Movement. I turned to face the d
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Amelia's Pov I rose to the sweet, earthy scent of coffee wafting down the corridor, a warm embrace enfolding me. I let myself linger in bed for an instant, enjoying the stillness as the aroma crept onto my lips in the form of a soft smile.It was calming, comforting—one of life's small pleasures I used to take for granted in my old life, but now presented to me, it felt so indulgent.I fell out of bed and stumbled into the kitchen, still wiping the slumber from my eyes. The sun streamed through the windows, lighting the room in warm, glowing light, and there at the counter sat Ethan. His wheelchair was positioned in front of him with perfect precision, a tray on his lap, and a mischievous crinkle at the corner of his mouth.“Good morning,” he whispered, his voice soft and low. “I made breakfast.”I stared in disbelief. "You didn't."He gestured proudly at the tray. "Scrambled eggs, toast, and a bit of bacon that may be a bit overcooked. Don't examine it too closely, please; I had to
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Amelia's POV"You didn't have to blindfold me," I laughed, tugging at the silk around my eyes as Ethan wheeled himself and helped me out of the car."You would have peeked," he said with that boyish grin I had come to love. "Just a few more steps.""You mean rolls?" I teased.He chuckled. "You're terrible. Alright, you can look now.”He took away the blindfold, and I stood with my mouth wide open.The villa materialized like something out of a dream, set in between great cliffs and overlooking an undiscovered beach. There, regal palm trees swayed gracefully in the wind, as the sun warmed the marble of the courtyard. It was nothing short of stunning—peaceful, secluded.“You brought me here?”"I yearned for us to get away from everything and go where the rest of the world could not find us," he told her. "Even for an instant."I bent and softly pressed my lips to his. "You did well."A warm mist surrounded the pool that night, steam curling elegantly upwards through the amber luminescen
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Ethan“Are you asking me to thank you for this brilliant suggestion, Jared?” My voice sliced through the quiet of the study like a knife.Jared stood near the window, his hands clasped behind his back, exuding his usual air of calm efficiency. And somehow that irritated me even more. “I expect you to consider it, Ethan. Your employment at Steele Industries is in jeopardy. The easiest way to shut a board shut is to hang a stable, domestic picture over it.”“Those unfaithful bastards. After everything I have done for them. This is how they repay me?”I hit the fingers against the leather side of my wheelchair armrest, eyes fixed on the papers on top of the mahogany desk before me. Marriage. Therapy. An engineered fairytale to placate the mockeries that surrounded my kingdom.“She’s a therapist,” I said more to myself than Jared. Estelle had told me about the freelance therapist that they'd hired on a contract, whom she'd be transferring me to, right after she told me about her resi
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Amelia's POV"You didn't have to blindfold me," I laughed, tugging at the silk around my eyes as Ethan wheeled himself and helped me out of the car."You would have peeked," he said with that boyish grin I had come to love. "Just a few more steps.""You mean rolls?" I teased.He chuckled. "You're terrible. Alright, you can look now.”He took away the blindfold, and I stood with my mouth wide open.The villa materialized like something out of a dream, set in between great cliffs and overlooking an undiscovered beach. There, regal palm trees swayed gracefully in the wind, as the sun warmed the marble of the courtyard. It was nothing short of stunning—peaceful, secluded.“You brought me here?”"I yearned for us to get away from everything and go where the rest of the world could not find us," he told her. "Even for an instant."I bent and softly pressed my lips to his. "You did well."A warm mist surrounded the pool that night, steam curling elegantly upwards through the amber luminescen
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(Amelia, First Person, Past Tense)The house felt heavier without him.His silence bore down on me like heavy mist that clung to my chest as I went by his empty room.I was awake. Not quite. I'd spent the day at the hospital after the surgery, but the physicians had released me to rest while he recovered. Rest—a harsh word.I sat in front of my vanity, brushing my hair with slow, rhythmic strokes, looking at my reflection but not seeing it. My thoughts wandered repeatedly to Ethan, who lay in that sterile hospital bed, as white as a ghost, lips parched, hand bound tightly where Veronica had cut him.He had rescued me. With his body. And before he lost consciousness, he told me that he loved me. That he didn't need a contract anymore. That he needed me.I should have agreed.I should've yelled it.But I had frozen. And now I had no idea what that silence cost.I sighed, pinning on the brush when some aspect induced hairs on my neck to bristle.A shadow. Movement. I turned to face the d
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(Ethan's Pov)Time stood still the instant Veronica charged."Amelia, return!" I cried, trying to propel the wheels on my chair to move more quickly.She was frozen stiff, unable to move, inches from the thin strip of metal that was hidden in Veronica's jacket. The knife glinted in fluorescent light, gliding through air with lethal precision. My heart seemed to be working overtime.Without hesitation, I pushed ahead. A stinging, burning agony ran down my back as I forced my legs to support more weight than their unaccustomed frames could bear. But I showed no weakness.Amelia let out an anguished cry. I caught her in time, shoving her back. At that moment, searing agony pierced my wrist. Hot blood gushed out in an instant. My breath stuck in my constricted throat.Rather, the blade had found me.“Ethan!” Amelia fell to her knees next to him, seizing his wrist in alarm. “You’re bleeding—God, you’re bleeding!”I gritted my teeth, doing my best to keep my pain from blinding my eyes. “I’m
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Ethan's POV"Are you sure about this?" Amelia asked softly, clenching the folder in her fingers as if it could possibly burn them."Because you told me Veronica was being quiet, I've been observing it more," I whispered. "She's quieter than that woman is when she's cooking breakfast."She threw a furtive look around the office hallway before softly pushing the door. We both entered the boardroom.I moved my chair to the front of the table. "Close the door and lock it," I said.She did.With a determined motion, she pushed the folder in my direction. “I found these in finance's archive files—three levels down from the main server backups.”I opened it.A silence fell over the room as I read page after page of forged documents. Money transfers. Shell companies. Deals with suppliers who were nothing more than imaginary."She's been withdrawing small amounts from the money," Amelia whispered. "Just enough not to arouse suspicion.""Who approved these approvals?"It might not suit your ta
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Amelia's PovI stood in her hospital room, cradling this sheaf of white lilies in my hands too tightly. I was hit by the acrid smell typical in hospitals first, followed by the gentle humming of machines, before I spotted her—my mother—lying still between too many pillows. Her face was whiter than usual. Her hair that she so lovingly styled was flat on her face and disheveled. A nurse nodded courteously at me before she quietly disappeared, leaving us alone."Hello, Mum," I whispered, trying to keep my tone even as I set down the flowers on the window.She lay still. Her eyes were closed, but even though machines told me she was still alive, it still unsettled me that she appeared so vulnerable. As if she could disappear in an instant if I blinked.I sat next to her bed, holding her hand in mine and curling my fingers over her own. She didn't squeeze back. She never did now."I've been all right," I answered quietly, gazing at her face. "I'm doing my best. The job's been tough. Ethan
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Ethan's Pov"You're ignoring me."“I'm not.”"You're. You've not even glanced at me all morning.""I'm simply exhausted, Ethan."“No. You're angry.”“I’m not—”“Talk to me, Amelia.”She stood by the hall window, arms across her chest, attempting to look outside at the garden. I wheeled in towards her, making sure to narrow the distance between us to make her look at me."Was this troubling last night?" I asked, trailing a finger up her legs. “Did you hate it when I touched you?”"No," she answered too rapidly.“Do You regret it.”“I never mentioned that.”"Yes, you do.""Don't!" she snapped, drawing in sharply to face me. "Ethan. Can you not automatically assume for one second?""Now assist me here. I don't read minds, damn it!"She glared at me for an instant, her jaw clenched. "Somebody threatened my mother."I stiffened. "What”“I was awakened by an incoming message. In the dead of night.”"Why didn't you wake me?"“I had not wanted to distract you.”"You're living in my home."“An
