Chapter 84

Sienna’s POV

The cold metal railing of the hospital balcony bit into my palms, the pain a welcome distraction from the emptiness inside me.

I watched the traffic flow below, a river of red and white lights, a world that continued on as if nothing had happened.

But my world had shattered.

Just minutes ago, I had been in a room with the man I loved, witnessing his quiet, agonizing battle.

Now, I was out here, feeling every sharp edge of that woman’s cold fury. Her mean words echoed in my head, a vicious dismissal of everything Daniel and I had shared.

The doctor’s polite, firm hand on my arm as he led me away, it all felt like a new kind of betrayal, a cold, institutional one.

My mind raced, replaying every moment—the shock of seeing Daniel so frail, so broken.

The heartbreaking truth he had finally spoken, the honest regret in his eyes.

He hadn’t left me because he stopped loving me—he left me to protect me.

He had be