I Was His Mate, But He Gave the Vows to Someone Else
And when he saw me standing outside the operating room, his entire body relaxed like he hadn’t exhaled in days.
He pulled me into a tight hug, like he was terrified I’d disappear the second he let go.
“Eva,” he murmured. “I messed up. Please don’t do anything rash. Let’s just talk, okay?”
He smelled faintly of smoke.
Scott almost never smoked. His father died of lung cancer, and that left a mark. He only ever lit up when he hit rock bottom.
These days, he’d been everywhere—calling doctors, chasing cures for Julie.