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Chapter 783

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Chapter 783

Nate wrapped Lena in his arms. "I'm sorry..."

He'd said that more times than "I love you," and honestly, she was over it.

"Then go," she said, gently peeling his arms off

He kissed her neck softly, lingering. "I'll try to make it back for lunch."

"There's no need," she replied, her voice steady. "Nate, let's break up."

Nate froze. "Lena..."

"Keira's uncle and aunt passed away. Yesterday," she said, her voice breaking just enough to show the weight of it.

Nate's brows knit. "What? That's impossible-her aunt wasn't that bad

lives.

and Lena's face twisted with pain he'd

night, but he was too caught up in work to ask. Now

could've waited the

want to survive just to keep suffering," she said

you saying this

Keira's uncle and aunt, hadn't he? If he'd just made time for the surgery, given them even a sliver of hope-maybe, just maybe, they wouldn't have ended things

shook. "No. I'm not

you breaking up with me?" His voice cracked,

But

dropped as she fought back

"Lena...

get-that love isn't all romance and roses. But isn't the point of being with someone to have a safe place? Someone to lean on when you're exhausted? Someone who's

head. "We don't have that. When we need each other most,

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your mind'somewhere elsework, patients, emergencies. Always something

can't give me what I need as a boyfriend care, tine, presence. Maybe I'm just too ordinary for you, but I need those

lips. "So yeah, let's

couldn't argue-she was

to admit: when she'd been kidnapped and hurt, hadn't

he

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