Daniel sat beside Elara's bed, his eyes trained on the girl's sleeping face while he massaged her knuckles with his thumb to ease her.
That was precisely what she wanted.
Tell me you will be here when I come out of the emergency room. Elara's eyes at that time, when she had looked at him with so much trust and hope, were something he would never forget.
"How can I ever leave your side? Who do I even have in my life apart from you? Do you still not understand the extent to which I love you?" Daniel placed his forehead on her hand, leaning on the bed to relax a little.
Outside the room, Alen continued giving orders to the team handling the remaining perpetrators, and once he was done, he opened the door to inform his boss, but stopped when he saw his boss sitting in the chair, his head leaning on the bed, and his eyes closed.
