Book 1: Rejected

Knox stood at Danielle’s bedside, watching her with longing. The need to hold her, comfort her, tore him apart. Yet he couldn’t make a move towards her. Standing like a statue, he simply burned for her.

Her face scrunched up in pain and she started wheezing. Knox panicked, leaning towards her to comfort her. He raised his arm to stroke her hair when she opened her eyes to look at him.

A cry of horror escaped her mouth at the sight of him.

“Go away! Please go away!” she groaned in agony. It attracted the nurse’s attention, and she rushed towards him to throw him out.

“Please, sir, you need to leave. The patient is in pain. Your presence is scaring her!”

Knox refused to budge, hurt by her reaction to him. Had she forgotten what they had shared? How could she forget him so easily?

“But I’m the father of the child. I want to see my baby being born.”

“No, please. Ask him to leave. I don’t want him here with me.” Danielle’s desperate