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.

like taffy being pulled. “It’s 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

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

orders.”

her face like a monsoon. “Maybe being weak is good. At least if the baby… if we lost it, it wouldn’t be on our hands, you

process that, she flung herself into his arms, sobbing like a banshee. “Jason, I can’t take it! The doctor said that old stab wound from five years ago messed up my heart. I could die any day! Death isn’t

owed her his life. Plus, the doctor said an abortion would

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