Chapter 85 Cruelty
- After the flurry of remote mishaps and cheek-burning TV scenes, the room settled into a gentler hush. The warm lighting painted soft edges on the hospital walls as Emily curled beside Charles beneath the blanket.
- She tilted her head playfully and whispered, “What about… a game?”
- Charles didn’t lift his gaze from the pages of the book. “Sounds boring.”