Chapter 69

Aaron by the door rolled his eyes hard enough to impress an owl. Ada’s whole “damsel in distress” routine was as old as dirt, and only someone with the romantic IQ of a toaster could fall for it. He couldn’t stomach another second of her whiny act, so he did everyone a favor and shut the door, muffling the sound.

Jason frowned slightly as he saw the door close. ‘Now I’ll be damned, he thought.

all because of this weak body of mine. One minute I’m here, the next I could be gone. If my heart wasn’t a ticking time bomb, I wouldn’t be messing with your marriage to Sophia. I only came back because I was afraid that no one would take care of my child if I died.” Tears welled in her eyes, spilling over like a leaky faucet, making her the picture of

up. He pursed his lips and shuffled over to the bedside, grabbing a tissue from the table like a knight rescuing a damsel from a spool of thread. He dabbed at her tears with the gentleness of a brain surgeon. “Don’t cry. You need rest, remember?

orders.”

monsoon. “Maybe being weak

stab wound from five years ago messed up my heart. I could die any day! Death isn’t scary, but leaving nothing behind… I

considered the abortion route, but seeing her so fragile, he couldn’t go through with it. After all, he owed her his life. Plus, the doctor said an abortion would mess

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