Chapter 59

Anna’s POV

I opened my eyes slowly, blinking against the bright hospital lights as I tried to figure out where I was. My head felt heavy, my body sore all over, and when my vision cleared, I saw Mom, Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa all gathered around me. And then…

“Big bro… you came back!” I breathed out, my voice shaky but full of happiness, because I hadn’t seen him in so many years, not since the day he left for school.

The last memory I could piece together was Mom trying to call him with the big news that I’d been admitted into his school, her voice full of excitement while I could barely stay still from how happy I was. But his calls hadn’t gone through, and I had thought maybe he was just too busy with the company in Nivelle that Mom said he was running now. And yet, here he was, right here, holding my hand so tenderly, almost too intimately.

“Huh?” Ryan’s eyes widened at my words, shock flashing across his face as if he hadn’t expected me to call hi