Chapter 38 : Under the moonlight

Melissa’s POV

I couldn't sleep. The moonlight filtering through the curtains did nothing to calm the storm raging inside me. Melissa had messed me up, and I knew it. That cold look in her eyes, the professional detachment in her tone—it had cut deep. She wasn’t the same girl I used to know. But then again, I wasn’t the same man either.

Lying there, staring at the ceiling, all I could think about was her. Her soft lips, the way she fit so perfectly in my arms for those few stolen moments. But then reality hit—she was just a doctor here to help me, nothing more. She had a fiancé waiting for her. And I… I had responsibilities I couldn’t ignore.

Yet, no matter how hard I tried to shut it off, something kept pulling me back to her. Restlessness gnawed at me, a feeling deep in my gut telling me I was needed somewhere. Unable to ignore it, I threw on a shirt and followed the pull. It was irrational, crazy even, but I trusted my instincts.

When I found her outside, standing alone in the dark,