- When she left notes in his briefcase ("Come home soon.") with little hearts drawn beside words?
- When she stood silently at operating room doors for hours until someone finally let him out?
- When their arguments ended not with fire… but soft tears and “Just tell me how to fix this.” (Even if he hadn't done anything wrong.)
Edinburgh, 2023 – The Atkinson House
Rain tapped gently against the windows like secrets being whispered. Inside? Warmth. Safety. Her.
Ethan Atkinson—a man whose hands could reshape minds—was utterly undone by one woman.
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His wife. His peace. The only person in this world who could make him tremble not from fear—but from devotion so fierce it bordered on madness.
Four years married, and he still woke up early just to watch her sleep—her hair fanned over the pillow, lips slightly parted like she was mid-dream of something sweet (he hoped it was him).
He had money. Power. Respect that echoed through hospital halls…
But all of it?
Meant nothing compared to her quiet “I love you” spoken into his collarbone as he held her after a long surgery day.*
She wasn’t loud about affection—the way some women were—but Ethan knew:
He bowed every time—to apology or adoration alike.* No pride here; only worship wrapped in silence.*
And God help anyone else who dared: A nurse once laughed too close during rounds? Ethan cut cold eyes toward them without saying a word until they backed off.* A colleague implied flirting was harmless sport? He shut down entire conversations: "Try that again near my wife."
Because no title mattered more than hers: Mrs. Atkinson — claimed body and soul.*
People envied them—not because their marriage sparkled, but because even after storms… they rebuilt each other quietly, with no need for spectacle, just two souls refusing to break what they'd built together.
Some men build empires... others build altars where love burns highest... and Ethan?
Well...
He simply said one night while kissing knuckles bruised from punching drywall during an argument gone sideways: "You’re worth every scar I’ll ever carry."
No poetry needed then—just truth carved deep into bone.*