Adrian was wrecked—fractures, internal bleeding. He stayed in the ICU a full week before he stabilized.Celine got hurt too, but nothing serious. Mostly shock—and the legal mess waiting for her.Intentional assault was enough to ruin her.During that time, I moved back into Adrian's place.Not as Mrs. Sandford. Just... a caretaker.His parents were too old to handle it.His staff could run the business, but they couldn't take care of him.I handled everything—hospital stuff, police, the company.I stayed by his bed, machines beeping around him. Watched him drift in and out, push through the pain, fight through rehab.When he woke and saw me, something flickered in his eyes.He started relying on me. When he was awake, his eyes tracked me everywhere. He spoke carefully.He flinched at the nurses, pulled back fast—only letting me near.Like, even broken like this, he was clumsily trying to hold on to something.Sometimes he'd look at me, eyes heavy with regret, and rasp, "Em
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