Emily stared at him blankly, her heart clenched tightly as if by an invisible hand, leaving her breathless.
She couldn’t shake the image of his panic earlier—the way he had carried her into the hospital, his voice trembling as he pleaded for help, the terror in his eyes so unlike anything she’d ever seen from him.
The fear in his eyes wasn’t just worry; it was raw, unguarded terror.
Emily’s eyes bore into his, searching for answers she didn’t even know she was seeking.
She had spent years convincing herself that Nicholas was incapable of such emotions, at least not for her. But now, those memories collided with the present, leaving her mind blank and her heart in turmoil.
For a moment, she couldn’t process the flood of feelings and realizations. The man she thought she knew, the man who had hurt her so deeply, had shown her a side of him she never expected to see—a side that cared, that feared losing her.
And it left her unsure of how to feel.
It was too much.