LUCA'S POV."Hello doctor," I greeted once I reached the office. "I'm Luca Nicholas, Scarlett's husband."The doctor swiveled around in her chair to face me and then with a professional nod, she offered me a seat. "So, you've signed the papers," she started, glancing through something on her laptop. Tapping my foot impatiently, I said, "yes I have. I'm really nervous here doctor, please can I see her?""Not right now actually, she's at the ICU," the doctor replied. "Now that you've signed then we can proceed with the examination." "Okay please can you just get on with it," I found myself yelling out and the doctor still looked cool. "You've already wasted enough time as it is with your stupid, no touching rule. Can you just go save her now?" "It's our policy and I don't make the rules. Cases like hers are not just a joke, they need consent," she explained in a calm tone, giving off the vibe that she had the solution to everything. It was her job after all, to act like everything

KEVIN'S POV. I wanted to leave the city as fast as possible. I had to or else I feared I was going to get killed. I'd messed up with one of the girls and her father had gotten involved. He'd found out that I'd been blackmailing her with her nudes and he wanted my life. I never knew that her father was a notorious gang leader, I thought he was just a posh billionaire. Once I got into my car after Andre had warned me about the fact that the rest of the gang were pissed at me for wanting to quit, I grabbed my phone and dialed Scarlett's number. Yes, our relationship had been utterly messed up and the last thing I'd said and done to her had been unforgivable, but I couldn't imagine going very far away from her without informing her first. She may not have believed it, but I loved her very much. The moment I'd seen her for the first time at that Halloween party that day, I'd been interested and attracted to her with no bad intentions, but then when my friend who was a fellow con artis

KEVIN'S POV. The news I'd received from the hospital about Scarlett had shaken me to my core. And I couldn't think straight or even believe it. How could that be possible? Maybe they had been mistaken or something, but that was surely Scarlett's number. There was no way it could be a mistake. I called again because the person who had answered had ended the call immediately she'd delivered the information. I'd been too stunned to react then, probably getting her tired of waiting, but now I wanted to know what had happened. I dialled the number again and on the second ring she answered."This is Green spring hospital, the owner of this phone is currently in the hospital—""You can't possibly be telling me the same thing you'd told me earlier just because I called again," I said, baffled. "You know I'm the same person from earlier.""What can I do? Those are the rules of the hospital," she replied dryly."Well, uhmm, I wanted to get the address, I want to see her," I said, forgettin

LUCA'S POV.It was time for Scarlett's surgery and I was mad nervous, I couldn't even sit in one place. "So, I'll be going now," the doctor said, trying to walk out before, I stopped her."Uhmm, miss," I called, ruffling my hair. "Please I beg you. Do all you can to make sure that she's safe. Please do everything you can to bring her back."The doctor smiled at me shortly before she put on her professional face. "I will make sure I do that. That's my job after all. All you need to do now is pray for her to be okay and leave the rest to us.""Okay," I sighed, feeling some sort of relief from her assurance. "I'm counting on you, Doc."The woman nodded before she walked out, leaving me standing in the empty hospital room with a racing heart. I really wanted Scarlett to be okay. I wanted her to be fine so I could do right by her, really correct all my mistakes and treat her better. I wanted another chance with her. I wanted to try to be the one for her in a world where she'd felt like e

LUCA'S POV. After the chat with the doctor, I'd left her office and and made my way to Scarlett's hospital room with my head held low. I was trying to come up with a way to take care of everything without getting her even more hurt than she already was, but deep down I just kept getting a bad feeling that something very horrible was about to happen. Whoever it is that was doing that anonymous shit had succeding in getting me really anxious and scared. I wasn't even sure if I could be brave enough for Scarlett. It was like the universe had decided to play some sick game on me by making me confront all my fears and it was so overwhelming. I stared at her motionless figure from the glass doors before I pushed it open and walked in quietly as if my footsteps could bother her. Her head was still wrapped with that awful bandage and her lips were thin and dry, unlike their usual pink and plump texture. Her face looked peaceful as she lay but I knew that she'd gone through excruciating pa