Chapter 1028

Their eyes met-Evadne's were rimmed red, her hazel gaze filling with tears, equal parts heartbreak and hope.

Thaddeus had come out to see her. Did this mean he knew she'd been watching over him all along?

Maybe, deep down, he still cared. Maybe she still meant something special to him.

Evadne's lips parted, soft and trembling. Her nose was pink from crying, and she lay there on the floor, looking up at him with a voice so small and wounded it made her sound almost childlike.

"Thaddeus... Thaddeus..."

He stared down at her, his blue eyes dark and unreadable. For a long moment, he said nothing. Then his gravelly voice broke the silence.

"Why are you still here?"

A fat tear slipped down Evadne's cheek, fragile as glass.

She wanted to speak, but all that came out was a broken sob.

Thaddeus frowned, eyeing her tear-streaked face with growing impatience.

You

she hiccuped,

be so proud, so untouchable. Around him, though, she'd

was

"Forget it," he muttered.

up. Letting her lie there on the cold floor wasn't right, even if he didn't feel anything for

forgotten just how kind he used to be, how hopelessly devoted he'd

down and scooped her up, cradling

in his left shoulder, barely healed. He shouldn't be lifting her

the night on the floor? he shot back, ignoring the pain that flared down his arm. Carrying her into the hospital room, he added, "You might want to stay there, but I need to sleep. I've never met a

always been blunt, never sugarcoating a thing.

him more

they'd first gotten

had left her fuming more often than not. She'd always swallowed her pride, scared of

she wasn't the same Ilana Waverley she used

around his neck, her big

you've watched a lot of women

meeting her gaze. "But I'd bet none of

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