Chapter 1571:

“I’ll go to work. There’s too much piled up to ignore,” he said.

“Okay.” Hadley gave him a small smile. “Just don’t forget—your health comes first. Take breaks when you can.”

“Anything you say, I’ll do.”

Together, they left the emergency room and got into the waiting car.

As the vehicle rolled forward, Hadley remained silent, her eyes fixed on the scenery rushing past the window. Eric reached over and took her hand gently.

Silence stretched between them.

Hadley’s lashes fluttered briefly before her eyes drifted shut, heavy with exhaustion and memory.

One by one, the moments from those four years in Blathe resurfaced—faint, flickering, and unkind.

against him, his arm wrapping around

just above a whisper.

time. Still, he had nothing else to give her but

a single sound came

eyes remained shut. Though they brimmed with tears, none dared to


time when Eric couldn’t be bothered to care about

loyalty to the Flynn family over her own pride, never

a place in his heart. But he

his heart

content

complain about it. She understood all too well—she couldn’t rewrite the sequence of people who had entered Eric’s life. And what he owed Linda… that was a burden

right, she knew

was where they

many wounds remained, festering

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