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Chapter 485
Chapter 485:
A massive wave of pure, overwhelming relief crashed over her, pulling a joy so absolute it was almost unbearable in its force.
June pushed herself up from the pillows, ignoring the sharp pain in her neck. She seized Snowball with both hands, pulled the rabbit tightly against her chest, and buried her face deep in the soft white fur.
Tears poured from her eyes. She sobbed without restraint, her shoulders shaking with the full force of her release.
She looked up at Easton through blurred vision and reached her right hand toward him, fingers grasping at the empty air, desperately needing something to hold onto.
Easton did not hesitate.
He stepped to the edge of the bed, leaned down, and wrapped his arms around her — pulling her and the rabbit into a tight, fierce embrace.
June buried her face against his chest. She gripped the fabric of his shirt with both fists. She cried out everything — the terror, the grief, and the accumulated exhaustion of four years spent surviving.
𝗥e𝖼оm𝘮𝗲n𝘥 𝘵𝗼 уо𝗎r 𝗳𝗿𝗂𝘦𝘯𝘥𝗌
For the first time in her life, she felt a profound, unshakable sense of safety. She was not fighting alone. This man had caught her when she fell, and he had bled with his own hands to keep her safe.
Easton closed his eyes. He rested his chin gently on top of her head. His left hand moved in slow, steady circles across her trembling back.
“I’ve got you,” he murmured into her hair. His voice was a quiet vow of absolute protection. “I am right here. No one is ever going to take anything from you again p>
June clung to him, her tears soaking through his shirt. In that moment, the ghost of Cole Compton was completely and permanently erased from her heart. She surrendered entirely to the shelter of Easton’s arms.
The hallway outside the VIP suite was bathed in harsh, sterile fluorescent light.
Vera stood near the nurses’ station, holding a paper cup of terrible hospital coffee. She had rushed over the moment she received a coded, one-word text from June’s security detail: Sinai. She knew it meant the worst had happened, and she had broken every traffic law to get there.
She walked quietly toward June’s room to check on her. The heavy wooden door was cracked open just an inch, letting a sliver of warm yellow light spill into the corridor.
Vera stopped. She peered through the narrow gap.
She saw June sitting up in bed, her face buried in Easton’s chest, her hands gripping his shirt like a lifeline. She saw this powerful, intimidating man holding June with a fierce, protective tenderness that made her own breath catch in her throat.
A slow, deeply satisfied smile spread across Vera’s face.
She took a deliberate step backward, turned around, and walked down the hall toward the waiting area, giving them absolute privacy. The fortress was secure.
At the exact opposite end of the corridor, the elevator doors slid open.
Cole stepped out.