**EXPLICIT SCENE AHEAD**

Rose finally coming in to claim the role of Mark's family member meant I no longer had any business there. I pushed myself past the gawking bodies of people with their gaudy outfits and overpowering perfumes that made me wrinkle my nose in distaste until I reached the end of the corridor.

For some reason, I glanced back at the door to Mark's private ward, a wry chuckle slipping past my lips. Just look at all these people acting like the typical bottom climbers they were—when they'd been practically nowhere to be found days ago.

We never knew who our true friends were until things went spectacularly...