“But you didn’t,” Grant murmured, his voice soft. “You were there. Day after day. You took care of me when I couldn’t even open my own eyes. When I was nothing but a lost cause to everyone else in the world, you refused to give up on me.”
Anna’s throat tightened. She had never really thought about it that way. She had just been doing her job, doing what she felt was right. But to him, it had clearly meant everything.
Grant leaned even closer, his fingers brushing against hers on the tabletop. “Anna, I have everything,” his voice was soft, but firm. “Money, power, influence… more than I know what to do with. But none of it… none of it means anything without you.”
Anna’s breath hitched, and she started to speak. “Grant…” “Let me finish,” he whispered. His hand finally closed around hers, his thumb tracing slow, delicate circles against her skin.
“I don’t know how it happened. And I don’t know when it started. But what I do know is that every single moment I was trapped in that coma, you were the one keeping me alive. Your voice… you were my light in the dark, Anna.”
Her eyes burned with unshed tears. “I love you.” The three words crashed into her, stealing the breath right from her lungs. It wasn’t because she hadn’t been feeling it, too. It was because hearing him say it made it all undeniably real.
Grant Carter, the man who had once lived in a world of cold calculations, cutthroat business deals, and ruthless power plays, was now sitting across from her, baring his entire soul. And for the first time in her whole life, Anna felt something she had never truly felt before. She felt… cherished. Truly,
completely, and irrevocably cherished.
A few tears finally slipped down her cheeks, but she was smiling right through them. “Grant,” she whispered, “you have no idea how much that means to me.” He reached up with his other hand, gently wiping a tear from her cheek with his thumb. “Then let me show you.”
And as he leaned in, not to kiss her, but just to press his forehead against hers, Anna knew. This wasn’t an ending. This was only the beginning.
Months passed since that fateful night when Grant had confessed his love for Anna. And in that time, absolutely everything had changed. Grant had made a full recovery, regaining all his strength through endless, grueling hours of rehabilitation and personal training.
His body was no longer weak, no longer held back by the sabotage that had nearly taken his life. And now? He was Grant Carter once more, back at the helm of Carter Enterprises, standing in the main boardroom with the renewed confidence of a man who had been to hell and back… and survived.
But there was one crucial, fundamental difference between the man he was before the accident and the man standing here now. This time, he wasn’t alone. This time, he had Anna. And soon, if she said yes, he planned on having her by his side forever.
The expansive rooftop of the Carter estate was bathed in the soft glow of the setting sun, casting warm golden and orange hues across the entire city skyline. Anna stood at the edge, gazing out at the breathtaking view, completely and blissfully unaware of what was about to happen.
“It’s so beautiful up here,” she murmured, the evening breeze gently playing with her hair. Grant, standing just behind her, smiled. “Not as beautiful as you.”..
