The nurse trembled under his stare. "She notified you at the time."
With that, she hurried away.
Adrian's heart clenched so violently he could barely breathe. He tore out the IV needle and forced access to the medical records.
The moment he saw the miscarriage report, darkness swallowed his vision, and he collapsed unconscious.
The emergency alarm rang out. Doctors and nurses rushed in.
Amid the chaos, Adrian sank into a long, unending dream.
He dreamed of the first time they met, of the bright admiration shining in Vanessa's eyes for his profession.
He dreamed of her clumsy yet persistent attempts to draw closer to him, until she finally knocked open the tightly sealed door of his heart.
He dreamed of waiting anxiously outside the delivery room, the relief that flooded him when he
