“Madam, Sir Chadwick is in the hospital. He got into a car accident.”

When Adira heard this news about her husband, a swirling panic went like a wave inside her body. Cold sweat formed on her forehead, and her limbs, although they were intact, felt like they were about to give in to the shock she had received.

The inside of her chest seemed to narrow its size, squeezing her heart which was beating frantically, with her losing her breath with every pound.

All her thoughts clouded as she picked up her car keys and dashed out of their house. She turned the engine with trembling hands and got the...