Valentina's POV
I sat beside my Mom's bed in the dim hospital room as the monitors beeped steady. Her face looked pale under the oxygen mask, tubes ran from her arms while I held her cold hand tight between mine.
"Mom, you won't believe what happened tonight," I whispered, my voice cracked as tears slipped down my cheeks.
"Leonardo got on his knees in a bar full of people. He begged me not to disappear and said he was scared and he needs me,” her fingers stayed still.
"I’m so angry at him. He humiliated me at the gala, told everyone I was nothing without him and now he wants me back? After days of cold shoulders and closed doors?" I said, as I wiped my eyes with my free hand.
"But I feel guilty too. I have been so caught up in my own pain and I should have been here more. You’re f
