Dylan was awake this time, looking at me with pure love in his eyes instead of the cold suspicion I once feared.
I sat by his hospital bed, holding his hand tightly as sunlight streamed through the window. The man who had once been my nightmare had become my greatest blessing. “You’re really here,” I whispered. “You came back to us.”
He smiled weakly but genuinely, squeezing my hand. “I told you I would. I’m not leaving you or our baby. Not ever again.”
I leaned forward and kissed his forehead. “You scared me so much. When they brought you in after the surgery I thought I might lose you.”
Dylan touched my cheek gently. “I’m sorry for all the pain I caused you. From the moment I woke up from the coma until now. I was cruel. I was scared. But I see clearly now. You are my everything, Ivy
