Claire slumped slightly into her seat, her slender body heavy with exhaustion as she murmured, "Right now, I just want to focus on doing my job well. Other things... I'm not ready to think about them yet."
Adrian's sharp brows furrowed slightly, his thin lips pressing together in silence. After a moment, his voice, low and steady, finally cut through the quiet. "As long as you're happy, that's what matters."
He didn't say more, simply sitting beside her in companionable stillness. The air between them crackled with a subtle tension, unspoken but palpable.
After a while, Claire tilted her head slightly, her soft gaze meeting Adrian's as she asked in a gentle tone, "Mr. Lancaster, I've been wondering... who's Ryan's mom?"
They'd been in the hospital for so long, yet Claire had never seen
