Chapter 8

I came to in a private suite at NewYork–Presbyterian.

Lucy’s scream could’ve woken the whole floor before she practically dove at me, sobbing.

“Oh my God. Emma! You’re back!”

“You’ve been out for eighteen days do you have any idea how scared we were?”

“Nathan was literally dying without you!”

“Nathan…” His name came out as barely a whisper.

“He’s here, sweetie. The doctors finally made him get some sleep. God, Emma, you have no idea what this has done

to him.”

While a team of specialists checked my vitals, Lucy filled me in:

Three days in intensive care. Nathan hadn’t left the hospital for those three days. No food. No sleep. Just… waiting.

When they finally moved me out of the ICU, he just collapsed. Right there in the hallway, like his strings had been

CUL

For the next two weeks, he barely left my side, this ghost of Manhattan’s most powerful CEO.

only time he left? Lucy held up her phone. “Someone

kneeling in the snow on the cathedral steps. Snow piling on his Brunello coat as he knelt there, still as a statue, broken

caption read: “What kind of love makes a man kneel in a

voice caught. “God, Emma. The way that man loves you? It’s what we all dream about.”

toward the window.

I let

burst through the door, I almost didn’t recognize him. Gone was the polished CEO – this was a man undone.

he was in a dream, fingers trembling as they traced my face, my eyes.

you’re really

voice cracked,

watched him, silent,

dropped to his knees beside the bed. “We’ll get through this, angel. Everything will heal. I’m not going anywhere.”

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meant it.

was still bedridden. Nathan took

Helping the nurses bathe me. Managing my medication schedule

Holding

merger.

hold me like I might shatter, his whispers soft against my hair:

should have protected you better. No more late

knew what went through my head outside that ICU… No, I can’t tell you.

Emma. Promise you’ll never leave me.”

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