Gwyn blinked slowly.

She thought she heard him wrong. Her voice was hoarse as she said, “Care to run that by me again, Noah?”

“Can you spare Gianna if I give you this document?”

He had barely said it when her hand fell and slapped him hard across his face. She put so much force behind it that it actually hurt her hand. Her ears were ringing as well.

Silence hung over the ward. The only thing she could hear was their heavy breathing.

She was at a loss for words.

After a brief moment, she finally found her voice and said, “Lorian is your son, Noah! That skank almost killed him. Are you seriously using this document to save her? Does she mean so much to you? Is Liam’s life so worthless you need to use it to spare someone like her?”

Any mother would’ve been sickened by this outcome.

He promised he’d do right by her when he left and this is what he ended up doing.

Tears flowed down her cheeks. She said softly, “I’ve long lost any hopes and expectations of you and our marriage,