Semua Bab I Left, Glowed Up Now He's Begging For A Second Chance : Bab 21 - Bab 30

Beverly’s POVThe moment I dropped my demand, I saw it.The way Marcus’s face went pale, like he had just seen a ghost.His lips parted slightly, brows pulling together, eyes searching mine like he was—hoping—praying, he heard wrong.“You want what?”For a moment I just stared at him.Hell, I didn’t even know why I had dragged this out this long. It was the first thing I was supposed to do right from the moment I got back into this country.But I guess everything with Liam and Tristan had made it slip my mind, or maybe I just didn’t want to face it yet.Whichever it was, it didn’t change the fact that I was still bonded to him.“Yes. You heard me, Marcus.” I spoke, my voice still carrying that usual coldness.“I want that divorce already.”His jaw tightened at that. I watched it tick once, then twice. His tongue darted out briefly to wet his lips, like they had gone dry.“Beverly, I—”“No. Don’t.” I shook my head once, cutting him off before he could say anything, and he went still im

Beverly POVIt had been two days since I sent the divorce papers to Marcus, and still, not a single response from him.Not even an acknowledgment or anything to show he had received it, but I hadn’t made a fuss yet because I knew exactly what he was doing.He was deliberately stalling; obviously he's dragging it out, watching and waiting to see how I would react. He was still underrating me even after everything...A quiet scoff slipped past my lips at the thought.He really had no idea, did he?Like he thought this was some joke and God, I wanted to shove that delusion right in his face.But I hadn’t because no matter the nonsense he was pulling, I still had more important things to handle, and with no call from sick Liam, no call from Liam, and no sudden emergency to distract me, I chose to focus on what actually mattered.Finding out the truth about Tristan.That morning, I stood in front of the dressing mirror in my hotel room, taking a slow look at myself.The red jumpsuit I wore

Adrian POVI didn’t know if this was some twisted kind of coincidence, but I could say one thing for certain. I was damn pleased.“Sir… you don’t mean it. You mean Beverly… the same Beverly Hamilton we’ve spent years looking for is here in Michigan? And also at New Life Hospital, working as a doctor?”The disbelief in my private investigator’s voice from the other side of the phone was almost tangible, like I could see his brows drawn together, his mouth slightly open in shock. If I didn’t know better, I would have said he thought I was joking.But funny enough, he wasn’t even half as shocked as I was.To think… Beverly. The same Beverly I had poured all my time, resources and sleepless nights searching for, all of it… not knowing she was right here. In my city. In my hospital. The very one I had purchased to honor my mother.“Yeah,” I said, my voice quieter now, steadier than I felt. “I’m as shocked as you are.”But that wasn’t even the part that stayed with me.What really got under

Beverly POVFor a moment, I couldn’t believe my eyes.So I blinked.Once.Twice.But even after the second time, the image didn’t shift and I realized my eyes weren’t deceiving me.He was really standing there.Adrian Cruz.His posture was calm, almost effortless, shoulders relaxed, hands tucked neatly into his pockets like he didn’t have a single care in the world.But his eyes… his eyes were anything but calm. They were cold, sharp, fixed directly on my wrist like he could still see the imprint of the guards’ grip on my skin.“I believe I made something clear.”His voice was quiet, and controlled as he spok. That kind of quiet that carried more weight than shouting ever could.He tilted his head slightly, his gaze darkening as they stayed on my wrist.“I said, let her go.”Something shifted in that instant like an invisible force had snapped into place.And as if something unseen shoved them, the two guards released me so fast it almost made me stumble. My arm dropped to my side, ti

Beverly POVWhat the hell happened to him?However I barely had time to process the shock before his eyes rolled shut. One second he was standing tall like nothing could touch him, the next his body gave out and crashed forward like he was collapsing.“Adrian!” I screamed, lunging toward him I reached him just before he could fall and his weight slammed into me, almost immediately.My knees buckled, but I forced myself to hold him up, one arm wrapped around his torso, the other gripping his shoulder tightly as if letting go would make this real.“Stay still. I’m going to get you help,” I said, my voice shaking despite the firmness I tried to force into it.My heart hammered violently against my ribs as I dragged him down, easing him onto the floor. My hands trembled so badly I had to clench my jaw to steady myself. At that moment, I forgot every reason I had to hate him just as rescue Instinct took over, raw and urgent.I laid him flat on the ground and heard him let out a small groan