Terrence refused to leave my side.

No matter how many times I told him he should return to the office, he wouldn’t budge.

“I want us here together when mom wakes up again,” he said while keeping an arm wrapped around me. “I don’t want her thinking you're alone during something this important. Come on, at least give your husband a chance to earn some points with his mother-in-law.”

A soft laugh escaped me.

I stared at him for a long moment—the kind of stare where you don't even ...