From Now On I Grow Toward Spring Chapter 10
He took a deep breath and called his assistant.
“How was Talia after I left?”
His assistant, assuming he was worried I was jealous, answered quickly. “Don’t worry, sir. Talia didn’t make a scene. Even with that huge cut on her leg, she packed everything up neatly before she left. She was even smiling.”
“She was really hurt?”
Matteo nearly lost his balance.
He hung up and, like a man possessed, called my number again and again.
“Talia, please. Pick up…”
But all he heard was the same automated message.
Inside the hospital room, Sofia was clutching her stomach and groaning softly while my parents continued to complain.
Matteo didn’t hear a word.
Usually so composed, he fumbled with his car keys twice before finally snatching the right ones, bolting from the room, and driving straight to the office.
He knew that office intimately, but now it was barren.
The framed art we had hung together, the photo on the desk, and the orchid he had brought back from Southern California…
were all in the trash.
On the spotless floor, only a single, darkened drop of blood remained.
It stood out, stark and accusing.
He reached for it, then snatched his hand back at the last second and pressed his palm to his chest.
“Talia…”
He turned and rushed to HR.
“I need to revoke Talia’s reassignment. And Sofia—”