Chapter 211
~ Nathaniel ~
When I realized Navine had actually left — just walked out of the hospital without a fight, without insisting on staying, it baffled me.
My brother never gave up easily. On anything. Especially not on something he wanted as badly as he clearly wanted Hailey.
What a shame.
He’d always been the more relentless one, the one who dug his heels in and wore people down through sheer force of will. I’d spent most of my life watching him take what he wanted simply because he refused to accept no as a final answer. And yet this time, he’d backed off. Quietly. Almost gracefully.
It didn’t sit right with me.
Maybe he’d finally realized he didn’t have a claim. That one impulsive night didn’t give him ownership. That Hailey wasn’t something to be won or taken or fought
