Serena gripped the steering wheel tighter as she pulled into the hospital parking lot, her jaw set in frustration.
Of all the days for her mother to have a sudden overseas business emergency, it had to be today…when her stepfather, Viktor, was admitted for a severe case of pneumonia.
The man was in his early forties, annoyingly fit despite the illness, and the last person Serena wanted to babysit.
She had plans: a beach day with friends, maybe flirting with that cute bartender from last weekend.
Instead, she was stuck playing nurse to the arrogant bastard who had married her mother three years ago.
She hated how he looked at her sometimes. Hated more that a small, traitorous part of her noticed him right back.
The private room was quiet when she entered, sunlight filtering throug
