Semua Bab It's Just Business : Bab 41 - Bab 44

Lexi's POV I hadn’t expected silence to feel this loud.The morning sun cut weakly through the hospital blinds, glinting off Aria's bed. I opened my eyes from the couch I had laid on yesterday. I proceeded to stand up and feel the blanket slowly come off me. I couldn't remember sleeping off yesterday. I remember sitting down and watching Aria. When had Brandon left, and was he the one who put the blanket on me? He was gone again, just like that. No explanation, no note, just the faint lingering scent of his cologne and the half-heat of his presence pressed into the chair he had occupied all night.My chest tightened. Don’t think about it. Don’t think about him.It had been a full day since Aria finally opened her eyes, her smile faint but there, and for the first time in what felt like forever, I could breathe again. She was still weak, still tethered to machines, but she was here. She was fighting. That should’ve been enough to keep me calm.But my phone wouldn’t stop buzzing. I pi

Lexi's POV I thought I would finally feel at peace again at the hospital.After everything, the endless nights by Aria’s bedside, the constant hum of monitors, the aching fear that she might not open her eyes, today had a fragile kind of peace. She was awake. Weak, yes, but awake. Talking. Smiling.That should have been enough.But my mind kept on going back to him.It was the morning after I sent Brandon away, and I told myself I’d won a small victory. I had drawn a line in the sand, made it clear that I wouldn’t be dragged like a pawn across his polished chessboard. But here I was again, sitting in Aria’s hospital room with the sunlight spilling weakly through the blinds, and my stomach knotted tighter with every tick of the clock.I'm the one who sent him away, so why was I feeling this way?"Aria," I said, pulling her off the magazine she was reading. She looked at me with those brown eyes of hers, although tired, she still smiled. "Yes, Lexi." "I'm going to get some coffee. Is