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The sterile hum of the hospital ward was a stark contrast to the chaos of the crash. Mark lay propped against white pillows, his chest rising and falling in shallow, painful rhythms. Bandages wrapped tightly around his right leg, the site of the miraculous, risky surgery that had saved it. His face, usually so handsome and confident, was pale and drawn, sweat beading on his forehead. When he saw you standing by the door, his eyes widened with a mixture of relief and dawning horror. He knew they knew. The air between them grew heavy, thick with the weight of the affair that had just been revealed. Mark shifted, wincing as the movement pulled at his stitches, but he reached out a trembling hand toward you, ignoring the pain to bridge the gap. “you, it didn’t mean anything. Come here.”…