Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 1028:

The hospital room erupted in sudden commotion.

Marisa slammed her finger on the call button. “Hurry! Somebody get in here—Ethan’s wound has opened up!”

This wasn’t the turn of events Ethan had imagined. Seeing Maia’s alarmed face and the worry brimming in her eyes filled him with guilt.

He scolded himself in silence. Why couldn’t he have spoken to her without raising his voice? What made him let his temper slip like that?

The door burst open, and a flurry of nurses and doctors poured in, tending to Ethan’s injury with swift precision.

Through the noise and movement, the sound of measured footsteps grew louder from the hallway.

Lifting his gaze, Ethan caught sight of Hurst stepping into view.

With a determined stride, Hurst closed the distance to the bed and clasped Ethan’s hand without hesitation. His tone carried unwavering strength. “Ethan, you’re going to be all right.”

himself caught in the steady, commanding gaze

in his throat, the kind that came with

unanswered, yet he had been the first to arrive. In Ethan’s heart, there was no

air still carried the heat and closeness of what

worlds at g

against Austen, Rosanna’s eyes shimmered with a

was the sheer endurance

bad at all. You’ve met my expectations,” Austen said with an easy tone. “Still, throwing yourself at me like this… what exactly

deliberate motion, Rosanna trailed her fingers in circles across the hard plane

that so?” Austen’s brow lifted, and a low, mocking chuckle escaped him. “Do you, now? But you’re about to wear the title of Mrs. Nelson—my

curled in Austen’s mind as he silently ridiculed the woman before him. The truth was simple—whether it was his older brother or himself, Rosanna had only ever been a passing diversion. A woman this pleasing

deepened. Oblivious to the truth, she leaned into his wandering touch. “I just happened to meet your brother first. Had it been

happened today stays between us.” After a short pause,

a hollow assurance—a