Falling Into My Husband's Arms

rced the skin on the back of her hand

s, they met only the unyielding pressure of a hard protective shield layered over thick medical gauze. The physical barrier sent a s

k the plastic tubing taped to her skin. Another jolt of pain shot up her ar

oleum floor echoed loudly in the dead silence as

's tone strictly professional. "The retina repair surgery was

r throat feeling as if it

me to contact your fam

fingers curling into tight fists against t

the call button if

urned, heavier this time, pressing down on Audra's collarbones wit

ward the sound. Her fingertips brushed against hard plastic, and then she heard the splash as cold water spilled across the wooden table and dri

d her thumb across the glass three tim

ud

single second. It was Herminia, her mo

stupid you made us look

, Audra murmured, "Mom, I just got out of

dation brunch. The Wall Street investors are already questioning the internal stability o

rectly over her head. Her own mother didn't ask how

said, her voice trembling. Sh

back. "You need to end this p

stomach

, suffocating register. "You need to get pregnant, Audra. A Hartman heir is the o

hundred-page prenuptial agreement sitting in her safe, of the bold black ink and the specific clause that strictly prohib

orcing her voice to stay cold and le

ctly as I say, I will personally see to it that you

s company. The only reason she was still

e humming loudly against her ear. Her arm went entirely limp. The pho

of her own blood. She could not let them win. She could not let th

e plastic call button clipped to

tman?" the spe

aid, her voice shaking but resolute. "No vis

away,

es up to her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs. Fi