An unexpected guest

Vanessa's POV

I should be sleeping.

But I could not fall asleep, no matter how hard I tried. My nutritionist had come by and made me a warm meal, and a filling, queen breakfast to replenish the energy I must have “lost” staying up all night at Dolphin hospital.

I was upset at how I had acted out of my place, following Rodri to the hospital and staying by his side all night as if I had any importance to him, or his family.

I was literally a stranger.

But I could not explain the kind of possessiveness and worry that had struck me when I saw him be so vulnerable, for the first time.

I sighed and closed my eyes, snuggling deeper into my pillows. And then when he woke up, all that vulnerability had disappeared.

He had become the cold and detached billionaire CEO of Dolphin group again, with his hazel eyes hard and non-negotiable again. And he had impassively sent me home.

That had harshly reminded me that I had no business being worried about him. The many workers in that hospital would