Chapter 173 The Truth

"Is Nathaniel… awake?" Celeste stared at her phone, her heart skipping a beat as a message from Felix popped up on the screen. "Mr. Ford is awake. He's out of danger. He's asking for you." "Please come back, Mrs. Ford. He needs you more than you know." "We're on our way to find you. Please, don't leave!" The short messages hit her like a punch to the chest. Nathaniel had woken up. He was safe, no longer hovering on the edge of death. That should have been a relief. It should have been the best news she'd heard in days. But instead, her heart ached even more. "Why is he still looking for me?" she whispered to herself, her voice barely audible over the hum of the car engine. "Doesn't he understand? We can't keep doing this. There's no future for us." Her eyes welled up with tears, her throat tightening painfully. She felt like she was suffocating like the weight of everything they'd been through was finally crushing her. The cold night air rushed in through the open windows,