More tears gathered in Mila's eyes. She slammed her fists against his chest.
"How could you do that to me?" she cried. "You left me alone and never contacted me. Everyone said you were dead, but I refused to believe them. I kept believing you would come back to me."
Her voice faltered.
"I even married Max, hoping you would show up and stop me," she said between sobs. "But you never did. When Luke Bellini held that party, I expected you to appear."
She grabbed his collar and looked straight into his eyes.
"You did come. But why didn't you come to the hospital? Why didn't you take me away?"
Dominic's expression softened. He had countless things he wanted to say, yet none of them seemed enough.
"Every day, I waited for you," Mila continued, pounding his chest again. "Every time I checked my phone, I hoped to see a message from you. But there was never anything."
"Mila..."
"I'm not finished."
