Despite Mitchel's good looks, he seemed to lack empathy.

As the doctor administered painkillers and began to stitch the wound, she could not help but advise Raegan, “Young lady, your body only belongs to yourself. Don't hurt yourself for anything or anyone unworthy. You'll only leave your family grieving..."

Her family? Raegan was in excruciating pain right now. But hearing the doctor's words, a deeper pain gripped her, and she burst into tears.

Her grandmother, her only family, had passed away.

The baby she had carried was supposed to be her new family, but that too was a dream now lost...

She no longer had a family in this word.

To help her rest, the doctor prescribed a sleeping pill. Finally, after crying for a while, Raegan succumbed to sleep.

Mitchel, on the other hand, had been waiting outside the ward the whole time. He was a neat freak to a fault, but he disregarded the blood staining his clothes.

His gaze stayed glued to the ward door, unblinking.

When the attending doctor emerged, Mitchel approached her and asked with apparent concern, "How is she?"

"She's stable now," the doctor replied, her voice steady and professional.

“But the patient has been through a significant ordeal.

You must be more patient with her. No more stimulation to her. That case, her recovery will be smoother and easier."

The doctor's advice seemed to sap the strength right out of Mitchel.

He understood that he was the very last person Raegan wanted to see at the moment.

In the next few days, Mitchel kept his distance from the ward.

Still, he ensured Raegan's care was constant. He arranged for four nurses, who worked in shifts, to tend to her around the clock.

These nurses did more than just provide care. They kept a close eye on Raegan and reported back to Mitchel on everything from her fluid intake to her dietary habits.

In his office, Mitchel stared at a photograph of Raegan's sleeping face, which was secretly captured by one of the nurses. She looked so serene.

A pang of bitterness welled up in him as he realized she might never look that way with him.