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Seeing Vincent like that, Lily opened her mouth as if to speak, then swallowed her words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vanessa\u2019s condition was still uncertain\u2013it wasn\u2019t the time to voice every worry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a few minutes, Vincent looked up abruptly. \u201cWhere is Scarlett?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lily turned to him and shook her head. \u201cWhen I arrived, Mrs. Stewart wasn\u2019t here. I don\u2019t know where she went.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Frowning, Vincent pulled out his phone and checked. There was his earlier text asking Scarlett to come to the hospital\u2013still unanswered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even without a reply, he\u2019d assumed she wouldn\u2019t ignore their daughter\u2019s wellbeing. Maybe she\u2019d just stepped out briefly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But after another ten minutes passed and she still hadn\u2019t appeared, Vincent tried calling. \u00b7\u00a0<\/p>\n
The phone rang through to voicemail.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He tried several more times with the same result.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A knot of uncertainty tightened in his chest. Was she deliberately ignoring him, or had she not seen the calls?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as his anxiety peaked, the emergency room doors opened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vincent stood quickly. \u201cDoctor, how is my daughter?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The doctor, wearing glasses, removed his mask. \u201cShe\u2019s stabilized. But she\u2019ll need to stay in the Pediatric ICU overnight. We can move her to a regular room once she\u2019s more stable:\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vincent released a breath he hadn\u2019t realized he was holding.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Noticing his relief, the doctor\u2019s tone turned stern. \u201cYour daughter is only five. You can\u2019t leave a child alone in the hospital. Where were her parents?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vincent\u2019s brow furrowed. \u201cWasn\u2019t her mother here?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf her mother had been here,\u201d the doctor replied bluntly, \u201cshe wouldn\u2019t have ended up in the ER.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then Scarlett hadn\u2019t come at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vincent stopped hearing the rest of the doctor\u2019s words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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All he could think was\u2013Why hadn\u2019t she come?\u00a0<\/p>\n
A hot, restless anger simmered inside him. He tried calling Scarlett again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Again, no answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time he felt sure\u2013she wasn\u2019t just missing his calls. She was ignoring him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because she\u2019d ignored his message and his calls, their daughter had nearly been in serious danger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thankfully Vanessa was alright. But if something had happened to her\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vincent couldn\u2019t finish the thought.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back in Scarlett\u2019s hospital room, Violet had already left. Scarlett had finished her breakfast.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Damian, who hadn\u2019t slept properly all night, had stubble shadowing his jaw and faint dark circles under his eyes. Even so, he showed no sign of leaving.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He sat beside the bed now, carefully peeling an apple with a small knife.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The peel came off in one long, curling ribbon\u2013a testament to his oddly focused patience.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though he looked tired, there was something quietly arresting about him sitting there, head slightly bowed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett\u2019s phone on the bedside table had lit up several times. She knew calls or messages were coming in, but she didn\u2019t look.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Damian had seen it too. A glance showed it was Vincent calling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Scarlett made no move to answer, he didn\u2019t comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once the apple was peeled, he finally asked, \u201cNot going to pick up his call?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett knew he meant Vincent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a pause, she said, \u201cNo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She guessed Vincent wanted her to go to the hospital for Vanessa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But in her current state, how could she?\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Even if she weren\u2019t sick, she didn\u2019t want to go anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vanessa didn\u2019t need her\u2013why humiliate herself trying?\u00a0<\/p>\n
665\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing her resolve, Damian allowed himself a small, pleased smile. He sliced the apple neatly, arranged the pieces on a plate, and picked one up with a toothpick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett accepted it without protest, eating quietly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Watching her attitude toward Vincent, Damian\u2019s smile lingered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He\u2019d always believed that if he stayed persistent\u2013and if Vincent kept acting as he did\u2014he and Scarlett would find their way to each other eventually.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maybe the time was coming for Scarlett to keep the promise she\u2019d once made him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His unguarded expression didn\u2019t escape Scarlett\u2019s notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDamian,\u201d she asked, \u201cwhat are you smiling about?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He looked back at her, warmth still in his eyes. \u201cI\u2019m just glad you\u2019re finally letting go of him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His words sent a faint, unexpected flutter through her chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019d always suspected Damian had ulterior motives for being kind to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But moments like this\u2014when his emotions showed so plainly on his face\u2013left her genuinely\u00a0<\/p>\n
uncertain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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