Chapter 190

SEBASTIAN

Two weeks had passed since the wedding that almost wasn’t stopped in time, and still, every morning, I woke up with the same instinct… to check that Dahlia was beside me, breathing, real, free.

Yeah, there had been no day in the last two weeks that she had slept somewhere else, other than on my bed.

I’m still traumatized by the whole event; I can’t seem to let her out of my sight.

She feels the same way too… even though she said she wanted to help me recover. We both know that was not it.

Today, we’re here to see Matilda. She looked stronger than the last time I’d seen her.

Not fully healed… no one came back from something like that untouched… but stronger.

Her color had returned, her eyes were clearer, and when she smiled at Dahlia, it wasn’t strained or forced. It was real.

“I told you,” Matilda said, her voice firm despite the IV in her arm. “I feel fine. I could be discharged tomorrow.”

Dahlia snorted softly, foldin