Could he have known all along?

She had heard Zoe mention it a few times before, but she had not given it much thought. Perhaps Nash had known all along and just never said anything. "Nina," Scott approached her and gently said, "Why don't you take a break? You look exhausted."

Nina had been standing for a long time and was starting to feel a pain in her back, but she wanted to wait for Zoe to come out.

She sat down nearby and said, "I want to wait until Aunt Zoe wakes up."

"I'll stay with you," Scott added.

Nina nodded at him.

Nash, with his tall frame leaning against the door frame, glanced over. The concern in Scott's eyes for Nina was almost palpable. Nina seemed to readily accept his kindness.

A surge of irritation swept through Nash. His gaze turned colder, and he deliberately kicked the chair next to him, creating a noise.

It was the chair Scott was sitting on. He looked up, and Nash said in a cold voice, "Sorry, didn't mean to kick it!"

"No problem," Scott responded kindly.

however, retorted, "This is the family waiting area. I'm curious, Mr. Lucas, aren't you busy with your

to be alone, and I'll feel more at ease being here with her." "Aunt Zoe?" Nash was even more

York, don't you know? I'm friends with your aunt now. She

fists, resisting the urge

of things? Nina calls her 'aunt' because Zoe is my aunt. What right do

replied, "I call her what

this as if he and Nina were already

anger and interjected, "This is a hospital. Aren't we here to wait for Aunt Zoe to wake up? Scott is being kind. Aunt Zoe had nowhere to go, and it was Scott who provided a place. Even for Aunt Zoe's

is he to you? I barely said a word,

him and said, "The future

words completely shut Nash down, making

if he wanted to see what her heart was made

down, as if they might start fighting at

the operating

Zoe was wheeled out.

gazes shifted, focusing

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