Chapter 6

Claire didn't know why, but whenever she remembered the way David looked at her that last time, with that mix of love, goodbye, and pain in his eyes. She felt a wave of panic in her chest.

Even when the doctor told her Ryan was okay, with a mild concussion, she didn't feel happy at all.

After Ryan fell asleep, she anxiously called David.

Her relationship with Ryan was never meant to happen. It was a fluke. Ryan had been her senior back when she studied medicine overseas.

Ryan had pursued her for a full seven years. In the sixth…