The hospital ward was still in the early morning light, filled with the steady hum of machines and the quiet rhythm of breathing that had not changed for three long years. Nurse Emma Carter moved carefully through the room, her steps familiar, her motions gentle and practiced. For most, this was another ordinary shift. For her, it was a ritual — a silent promise she had kept every day for a man who had not opened his eyes in over a thousand nights.
His name was Alexander Reed — a brilliant, driven CEO whose name once filled business headlines. Three years earlier, a tragic car crash had left him in a coma, his empire placed in the hands of others, his body kept alive by medicine and hope. To the world, he was a fallen titan. To the hospital, a famous patient. But to Emma, he was a soul she couldn’t stop caring for.
