Alexia's POV:
The day dragged on like an unending nightmare. I sat through lecture after lecture, but I couldn't tell you a single thing that was said. The words floated around me, meaningless background noise to the storm in my head. My thoughts were elsewhere—stuck in an endless loop of what-ifs that I had no business entertaining.
Would Aiden have dropped everything for me if I had been the one in the hospital?
Would he have rushed to my side, panic-stricken and desperate to be there for me, the way he had for her?
Doubt clawed at my chest, bitter and unrelenting. Of course not, Alexia. Don't be stupid.
I mean, sure, we were married, technically. But that was just paperwork. A contract. There was no love between us, no real bond beyond the forced proximity we had to endure.
But with Liz?
Liz was different. Liz had history with him. Liz had his care, his concern—his heart.