Chapters
1. Chapter 1: A heartwrenching betrayal
2. Chapter 2: Her return
3. Chapter 3: Clara's Vicious scheme
4. Chapter 4: Regret and Resolve
5. Chapter 5: The mysterious man
6. Chapter 6: The calm
7. Chapter 7: Watcher
8. Chapter 8: 'The Shadow'
9. Chapter 9: The confrontation
10. Chapter 10: Unnerving
11. Chapter 11: Vance Sterling
12. Chapter 12: An unusual alliance
13. Chapter 13: Regret
14. Chapter 14: A foreign beat
15. Chapter 15: The Uninvited Guest
16. Chapter 15: A mentor's worry
17. Chapter 17: Unexpected
18. Chapter 18: The gentle touch
19. Chapter 19: Protecting her in the shadows
20. Chapter 20:
21. Chapter 21: A call from home
22. Chapter 22: Urgency
23. Chapter 23: Bold decision
24. Chapter 24: Stepping in
25. Chapter 25: Leading the surgery
26. Chapter 26: Cardiac arrest
27. Chapter 27: Tension in the operating room
28. Chapter 28: Deep concern
29. Chapter 29: News
30. Chapter 30: Fainted again
31. Chapter 31: Protective instinct
32. Chapter 32: Sam's arrival
33. Chapter 33: Let's break up
34. Chapter 34: Still wary
35. Chapter 35: The sleeping beauty
36. Chapter 36: Encounter
37. Chapter 37: Scram!
38. Chapter 38: His presence
39. Chapter 39: mixed feelings
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Chapter 34: Still wary
Sam, ever the professional, stepped forward with a reassuring smile, effectively inserting himself between Vance and Viola's mother. The tension in the room, thick enough to cut with a knife, began to thin under his calm demeanor. "Madam," he began, his voice smooth and clear, "my name is Sam. I'...
