hone slipped, making a loud clat

Noticing that Claudia was awake, Aurora's emotions were a

laudia murmured,

from surgery. Aurora dismissed her confusion over the nois

spotted Claudia's p

shocked by the image on the screen. It

ews and was terrified of worsening Claudia's condition. Struggling to keep her emotions in chec

laced the phone on the bedside table. Closi

ess from the day before. It was evident sh

friend any further, and she knew i

nothing to him. In Delilah's presenc

that this didn't matter, th

ng now was a stark reminder that she'd b

r, would he abandon her s

was e

ts, her teeth gritting wi

the wake-up ca

't endure

had brought breakfast. Seeing Claudia

ed examining Claudia, Jace sudde

laudia called out to him, he

room to check on Jace af

t the ceiling, Claudia was

llis stepped out of the elevator, they saw a n

ackson quer

r Jackson to invest

ions, Jackson turned an

en shifted back t

d at Claudia's

s he pushed open the doo

owly opened her eyes, meeting the ma

ensation do you want?" he said, his voice low with a hint of f

artly to blame for last night's accident. She h

bandaged body, n

he screen lit up. She tried reaching for it, but her move

p the phone and

phone over, she saw the messag

e, an outrageous idea sp

one, she looked up at Bennett a

in town was now making a mockery of her, and she wan

reiterated, "I want yo