After 99 Times
Why would she walk away now?
But still, she was gone. And the silence gnawed at him.
Maybe, he told himself, maybe her battery just died.
But he waited at the hospital all the way until nightfall.
She never came back.
Panic clawing at his chest, Adrian grabbed his jacket and bolted out of the hospital.
He jumped into his sports car and tore down the road, tires screeching as he ran several red lights.
He gripped the steering wheel so hard his knuckles turned white. In just half an hour, he reached the villa.