The drive to the hospital felt like forever. I was alone with my thoughts, and they were relentless. The city buzzed around me—cars honking, pedestrians crossing streets, the hum of life going on—but I barely noticed. Dominic stayed back at the flower shop, caught up in work, and I couldn’t bring myself to wait for him. This was something I needed to do on my own.
I replayed the events at the shop in my head, over and over. Lilly’s smug, entitled presence. The way she pressed herself against Dominic, laughing at nothing, touching him like she had the right. My hands tightened on the steering wheel as I thought about the way he stood there, silent and stiff, his jaw clenched in barely concealed irritation. He tolerated her because he needed the job, but I hated that she thought she could
