Chapter 117 I Want You

• Love clung to Adriano's hand as though her life depended on it; her pale fingers dug into his, and her eyes brimmed with desperation. "Please," she whispered, her voice trembling. "Don't leave me. You said you wouldn't."
• Adriano's jaw was set in a hard line, his heart pounding, not just from urgency but from frustration. He looked down at Love; she looked so fragile beneath the hospital sheets, with oxygen tubes in her nose and tears streaking her cheeks. It made his chest ache. Love had always had a special place in his heart. He had loved her once, even though he never told her that. But their past was not enough to keep him there. He had to leave.
• "Love," he said, his voice low as he struggled to keep his frustration from showing, "Serena's life is in danger. I don't have time to..."