All Chapters of Beneath His Cold Vows: Chapter 311 - Chapter 320

Alicia's POV The drive from the hospital took twenty minutes. I made every light green. Took the turns on autopilot. My hands knew the route even when my head was somewhere else. The hospital smell was on my clothes. I noticed it when I stopped at a red light and the air in the car went still. An

Edward's POV I woke up to Maria opening the curtains. Morning light cut across the room. Too bright. The adjustment triggered a low throb along the joint. The sling held my arm against my chest like it was personally invested in my humiliation. Everything hurt. Not sudden. Just there. Constant. T

Alicia's POV The wellness room on sixty-five was empty when I walked in. Glass walls framed the city below. Morning light caught on building edges and turned them bright. This was Edward's floor. His office sat three doors down from where I stood now. I'd been avoiding it all week. Until I could

Alicia's POV I was late. Twelve minutes, according to my watch when I stepped off the elevator on sixty-four. The quarterly review had started at noon. It was twelve-twelve. I walked quickly, heels striking tile in a rhythm that felt too loud for the hush of the hallway, the kind that means ever

And that was the room's decision. What everyone had agreed to without agreeing to it. That Edward had returned and they would let him return and no one would say the thing that was plainly visible to anyone who had looked at him for more than thirty seconds. Because he was Edward Valentine and this