Chapter 191 — After the Signature

The door closed behind Milagros with that dry, elegant sound only irrevocable decisions have. Ayden remained sitting in bed, the folder resting on his legs, his breathing still uneven. He had watched her leave, and he was left with the uncomfortable certainty that something in him had been exposed and left defenseless.

For a few seconds, he didn’t move.

He only listened to the echo in the hallway, the distant sound of a nursing cart, the silence pressing back i