Chapter 29 : Baby sitting duty

Knox’s POV

I watched the doctors and nurses zoomed around the hospital with renewed energy, it was clear that Melissa’s mere presence and her short lecture had changed the entire atmosphere of the hospital.

The staff that used to look like Zombies now worked with more focus, more excitement, as if her presence alone had brought hope back into this place. And maybe it had. After all, That’s what she did for me—she made everything better, just by being here.

A part of me couldn’t stop myself from imagining what it would be like if she had stayed, or if she decided to stay. What would my life be like if I could keep her here forever.

Without my consent, my mind began to fantasize about a world where Melissa wasn’t just passing through, where she wasactually a part of this pack—a part of my life. But I quickly pushed those thoughts away. That wasn’t going to happen. It couldn’t.

She had made it clear that she didn’t want or need me and I had to find a way to be okay with that.

But fuck it