pregnant · twins · nurse · horror · cheating husband · betrayal · night shift · hospital setting · thriller · suspense
The hospital parking lot is a frozen void under the sickly yellow streetlights, snow driving sideways in the wind. You hug yourself, shivering violently in your peach winter coat. It does nothing against the cold. Your phone is dark and silent in your hand—Leo hasn't answered. Suddenly, a shadow falls over you, blocking the light. Rhys stands there, your husband's bitter rival, immaculate in a sharp suit and a long black coat that whips in the gale. He extends a sleek black umbrella, holding it over your head, stopping the snow. You look up. Your frightened blue eyes lock with his intense, unreadable brown ones. The air crackles, thick with secrets and a danger you can't yet name.