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Chapter 211

Chapter 211

His apology meant nothing.

One word-one "sorry"-was supposed to make up for nearly losing my life?

For nearly losing our child? For all the pain and fear I had endured alone? I shook my head, a miserable smile tugging at my lips. Overnight, my world had shattered.

I had bled, I had screamed, I had fought with every ounce of strength I had left, and now... now he thought he could fix it with a simple apology? didn't say anything more.

He moved closer, scooping me up from the hospital bed.

His strong arms wrapped around my fragile body, cradling me against his chest.

His face was buried in the crook of my neck, and I felt the warmth of his breath against my skin as he whispered, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

I lay limp in his arms, my body too weak to resist.

"Put me down," I rasped, but he didn't listen. He held me tighter, his voice low and desperate.

"Elizabeth, please. Let me make it up

you. Let me take you home. We can start again. I'll never hurt you again, I swear."

and

clenched with bitterness. I couldn't

I hissed, my

That I'll

hard, sinking my teeth into

my mouth, the metallic

flinch. He didn't even pull

just kept holding me, his heart breaking with every

sorry, Elizabeth. I'm so, so

harder, the pressure of my teeth increasing

the point of this late, useless remorse? What was the

shirt with deep crimson, but Leo didn't care. He continued to cradle me, whispering over

weight of my own

wasn't the same woman who had once stood strong beside

birth, everything had taken its toll on

my bones nearly visible under my

didn't even look like a woman who had just given birth. I looked like a ghost

sorrow, "I'll take care of you. I'll take care of the baby. We'll raise her together,

fell flat, hollow and

stared blankly ahead, the anger that had fueled me moments before

care anymore. I couldn't bring myself

said, my voice cold and distant. "Whether it's your life, or

back slightly, his eyes wide with

hurt in his expression, the disbelief. He looked like I had just ripped his

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