To Be In Your Arms

'She won't come.'

'She has no reason to see you again...'

'You lied to her...'

Ashton's fingers shook as he finished typing the text message. He was a bit reluctant to hit the send button, not thinking he could handle the disappointment of being rejected at the moment.

He liked to think that he was open-minded about the matter. If Emelia indeed chose not to see him again, or even asked him to stay away from her, Ashton liked to think he’d comply with her wishes without a mental breakdown. But that was all his wishful thinking. The truth of the matter was, at this point, he didn't think he could live without her. He loved her to his core and was willing to do whatever it took to have her by his side.

But she had refused to even look at him in the hospital. And how could he blame her for that? He was the one who had endangered her life in the first place; he had lied to her about his identity. The most sensible thing would be to stay away from him.

It had taken him days without seeing h