Chapter 73

Chapter 73:

Sadie responded only by pulling her hand away, her head turning as her shoulders trembled slightly.

“Rest well.” With a final glance at the pitiful figure on the bed, Kyla turned and left the room.

Her steps were quick and purposeful as she approached the nurse’s station, grabbing the arm of a young nurse with a sense of urgency that bordered on desperation. “Hello, I’m a friend of Sadie’s. Could you please tell me how her baby is?”

The nurse, after a brief glance at the medical records, confirmed the tragic news. “The patient had a miscarriage. The child is gone.”

At those words, Kyla felt the last bit of worry melt away, leaving her truly at ease.

Noah strode into his office.

Outside, beyond the expansive floor-to-ceiling windows, the urban sprawl pulsed with life, its bustling traffic flowing like a vibrant, ever-moving painting.

Yet, he spared no glance for the view. His forehead was creased in concentration, fingers tapping a restless rhythm on the smooth surface of the desk.

a foreboding sense of dread, a silent alarm signaling that something dire loomed on the

at his tie with a mix of irritation and

of Sadie’s phone call haunted him—her voice frail and fraught with desperation, her words a

“Noah… help me…”

had dismissed her with a curt hang-up, annoyed. Now, the echo of her fear gnawed at him, a relentless reminder that he

phone line,

stories now

Mr. Wall?” Samuel’s prompt reply

with her,” Noah commanded, his

best if you reached out to her yourself, sir,” Samuel advised, his tone tinged with

tightly, his knuckles blanching. He brought it to his lips and coughed discreetly, a feeble attempt to mask his growing anxiety. His voice, sharp and clipped, broke through

down and began pacing his office, each

That was never going to happen! He had been dismissive,

began to rationalize

were slowly crumbling; he had, though unwittingly, started to harbor genuine concern for the woman he had so

soft, hesitant knock at the door pulled him from his

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