Chapter 205

"Ethan, am I not allowed to?" Fiona shot back. Then she lowered her voice. "It's not really about what I want. It's about how you handled it—made everyone think it was okay." Clearly, Fiona didn’t see this as her fault. Her smile barely lifted. "You pushed Clara into an early C-section, just to save me," she said slowly, eyes fixed on Ethan. "Everyone saw it. To them, it meant I mattered more to you than anything." "You knew exactly how critical my condition was. Everyone did." "That’s why they scrambled so hard to find the best match. And Clara just happened to be it." Her tone was unusually calm. Then, her hand quietly reached for Ethan's, holding on like she needed to feel he was still there. "But the transplant didn’t work, did it? I just got out of the OR. There’s no way to go back in for another surgery so soon." Still calm. Almost too calm. Then, out of nowhere, she let out a soft laugh. "If you don’t want me to use it, I won’t." Her words made things crystal clear. She wasn’t p