Darkness still clung to my mind when I stirred, my body sluggish and heavy. My eyelids fluttered open, and a blinding white light greeted me. The sharp scent of antiseptic filled my nostrils, making my stomach churn. I tried to move, but a dull ache radiated through my limbs, keeping me pinned.Then I heard it—voices. Low, murmured words just out of reach. My vision sharpened, and I realized I wasn’t in my room anymore. The walls were pristine white, the air clinical and sterile. A doctor's office.Panic spiked through me, but before I could sit up, a firm hand pressed against my chest, forcing me back down. "Don't move," a deep, emotionless voice commanded.Alessandro.My breath caught in my throat. I turned my head slowly, my gaze locking onto his cold, unreadable eyes. He was sitting beside me, legs crossed, completely composed as if my breakdown hours ago had been nothing more than an inconvenience.The doctor beside him adjusted his glasses, checking something on a clipboard befo
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