Once, All My Looks Suited You

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After our daughter died, I removed every part of myself that my husband—head of a global arms syndicate—had despised. I stopped questioning his whereabouts. When he stayed out all night, I slept soundly. When I was injured in an explosion, the surgeon told me to notify my family. I simply said, “I have no family.” A nurse recognized me. “You’re Mrs. Ivanov, aren’t you? Roman is right next door. Should I tell him you’re here?” I shook my head softly. No. Half an hour later, Roman arrived anyway. His sharp features were tense, his presence heavy with hostility, like gunpowder smoke. His voice was low and cold. “You’re hurt. Why didn’t you call me?” I lowered my eyes. “Just a graze from shrapnel. I’ll live.” My detached tone seemed to irritate him. He was about to speak when the guards’ conversation drifted in. “The boss is really something with Miss Isabelle. She just twisted her ankle, and he called a helicopter. Carried her on and off himself, wouldn’t even let her feet touch the ground.” Roman’s heart clenched. His eyes darted toward me, expecting the storm of questions and accusations my old self would have thrown at him. But I didn’t flinch. I just leaned back against the bed and closed my eyes to rest. …

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