Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

Mr. Tanner and the others grabbed a cab and took off.

Flora shot Moss a quick message, asking him to come get her. But just as she stepped onto the curb, a massive truck came barreling her way! It was moving so fast, like the driver had a death wish, and it closed in on her in a blink! The air was filled with the terrified screams of bystanders. Flora twisted her body just in time, narrowly escaping being run over, though her elbows and knees scraped hard against the curb.

A bald man, wearing a mask, leaned out the truck's window, looking shocked, as if he hadn't expected Flora to dodge so quickly. In the next heartbeat, he pulled out a gun and aimed right at her arm. Bang-

The bullet tore into Flora's left arm with brutal force.

...

Lone Island.

First Hospital.

VIP Wing.

By the time Connor arrived, Flora had already been taken into surgery.

"Ms. Flora is in rough shape. She's got a nasty fracture in her left arm and some scrapes, but the worst is the arm. The bullet went clean through it. We've just managed to get it out..."

"How's she doing?"

more intimidating, leaving the director drenched in a cold sweat, struggling for breath as if caught in a chokehold. He'd never seen Mr. Connor so terrifying before. Like

and composed, but now he was a mess, having rushed over in a panic. His face, normally a mask, was alive with fear, rage, and

Incredibly important to him.

her severe injuries and being

went as white as

minutes later,

out of surgery.

the anesthesia, her lips a dark shade of blue, and her arm was wrapped in thick bandages that were still

his heart was in a vise,

Flora...

legs felt weak,

fancy VIP room, stiff out cold from the anesthesia. Connor stayed

is locked up in the dungeon. We caught him trying to flee," Moss reported, standing by Connor's side. Connor didn't say a

eyes were glued to Flora's pale face,

sigh, Moss stepped out of