After leaving Samuele’s office, Rosa headed to Patient Accounts to finalize the paperwork for the treatment fund. Once she had submitted the required paperwork and gathered details regarding the next steps of the treatment, she headed toward the hospital pharmacy.
She wasn't blind to Samuele's advances; she understood his feelings perfectly. The fact that he remained so unfailingly polite—even after she had quietly rebuffed his attempts to impress her—only caused her respect for him to deepen. It moved her that, despite her inability to provide the romantic connection he hoped for, he remained steadfast in his willingness to support her and her son in every way possible.
Only Rosa knew the true reason she kept him at a distance. She had already survived the kind of shattering heartbreak
