_Author’s POV_
As time passed, days and nights blended together. For the next two weeks, Zarelle juggled work with her regular visits to the hospital, as well as her continued investigation into the Aldex family.
In the depths of the night, Zarelle sat by Calden’s bedside. Observing his slumbering figure, she couldn’t help but speak softly, “Calden, why won’t you wake up? How can I forgive you if you can’t even talk to me?”
Then she laughed at the absurdity of her own words. She had made it clear that she wouldn’t forgive him and wanted nothing more to do with him.
Yet, it took an explosion and a coma for her to realise a truth she had been denying to herself all along—she hadn’t completely let go of him.
She had fallen for a hero and married him, then divorced him when sh
