Chapter 256

Megan had already turned Miles down, but this time, Hawke Group stepped in as a sponsor, not for her personally. That made the help perfectly reasonable, and she couldn't refuse it. Work was work, and personal life was personal. The two should be kept separate. As the SUV rolled along, she and her friends chatted easily. While scrolling through her phone, Selena caught a trending headline about Howard—he had been admitted to the hospital with a fever. She quietly handed the phone to Megan. It was inevitable she'd see it anyway. "He absolutely had it coming," Jimmy commented instantly. Megan gave a small, curt nod to acknowledge the news. She didn't offer a single word more. ... Howard woke in the middle of the night, his vision still swimming. He thought he saw a woman wiping his arm. Instinctively, he reached out and caught her hand. "Meg," he rasped. "Wrong person, Mr. Larson," the nurse said gently, easing his fingers away. "I'm not your wife." Right then, his vision cle