Lilly’s recovery was slow, but with each passing day, Jordon found himself by her side more and more, helping her heal, both physically and emotionally. It was a delicate balance, this unspoken tension between them. There was so much that needed to be addressed, so much time lost between them, but they were both still here, and that had to count for something.
Jordon had insisted on helping Lilly with her daily care, even when the doctors and nurses tried to step in. He didn’t trust anyone else to care for her the way he could, not after everything they’d been through.
It wasn’t just her physical wounds he was concerned with, but the emotional scars—scars that ran deep. Lilly had been through so much. The betrayal, the years apart, the lies… all of it had changed her, but not in ways tha
