CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Price of Kindness
Emily Hart should have been completely happy.
That was the primary problem.
Everything in her chaotic life was suddenly getting better. Far too much better. Her mother's hospital wing balances were fully cleared. Her mother seemed physically stronger than she had in months.
And Ryan was kind. He was patient. He was surprisingly funny. He was the rare kind of man who quietly remembered her favorite flowers from a passing comment. The kind of man who absorbed every single word when she spoke. The kind of man whose deep presence made her completely forget how exhausted her body truly was.
And somehow... that absolute perfection terrified her.
Because beautiful, good things simply did not happen to Emily Hart. Not for long. Life had taught her that b
