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Theresa's eyes fluttered open. She saw a man sitting near her bed smiling down at her. "Where am I?"
"Shh, don't try to move. You were stabbed last night. You're very lucky to be alive. The doctors didn't know if you would make it." Ethan got up and called for a nurse to check her out. "I'm glad you're awake because I think we should talk."
After the nurse left the hospital room, Theresa said, "Where's Fox?"
"Doctor Russell wanted to keep him overnight. Rebecca just scratched his shoulder with the knife. I'm very grateful that he saved your life. I love you."
At the moment that Ethan told Theresa his feelings for her, Fox stopped by the door. He just stood there, listening and peeking through a crack. 'As long as your happy,' he told himself.
"I love you too," Theresa began to remember the conversation she had with her father. She smiled knowing that she deserved to be with the man she wanted to be with and continued her confession. "But, I don't think we should be together."
Before Theresa could say anything else, Ethan pressed his lips on hers and kissed her passionately. Remembering her dream right before the pain of being stabbed hit her, she smiled up at Ethan.
Fox was heart broken. He walked away from the room before he heard what Theresa had to say.
Thinking that Theresa had changed her mind about being with him, Ethan began to talk about their future together. "Don't worry about Gwen. I'm getting a divorce from her."
Theresa looked at him and continued to smile. "I'm so happy," she said not listening to a word Ethan had to say. "I'm madly in love with a man who loves me with all of his heart. I want to spend the rest of my life with him."
"And I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
Startled by his words, Theresa looked at him puzzled. "What are you talking about? Don't you already have a wife?"
"Wait, what are you talking about?" he asked confused. "I told you I was getting a divorce. I love you. You almost died last night."
"I told you that I don't think we should be together. Did you conveniently forget that?"
"When I kissed you, you had this look of happiness on your face. I assumed you changed your mind." He took her hand.
She laughed in his face. "You thought I was smiling because I suddenly realized I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you! How foolish of you. I was happy because when you kissed me, I felt absolutely nothing. Not love, not passion, not even lust. All I could think of was the man I am in love with."
Hurt, Ethan left the room determined to find the man that had stolen her heart.
"Wait," she called after him. "Could you find Fox and tell him I need to talk to him. I want to thank him for saving me last night." 'And tell him I love him,' she thought to herself.
At that moment, Ethan knew that she loved his half brother. He found Fox talking to the Lopez-Fitzgerald family out in the waiting room. "Theresa wants to talk to you Fox. She's a very special woman and you better not do anything to hurt her."
Confused by this statement, Fox shrugged it off and walked to Theresa's hospital room. "Ethan said that you wanted to see me."
Theresa smiled when she heard Fox's voice. "Please, come here," she said patting her bed. "I need to thank you for risking your life for me. And I need to tell you something important."
"Don't. I already know. I saw you and Ethan talking in here earlier. I know you want to be with him and know that I will always love..."
Before Fox could finish his sentence, Theresa wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Did you feel that?" she asked staring into his eyes.
Stunned by what she had just done, Fox just sat on the bed and pinched himself. He jumped up and screamed "I'm not dreaming!"
"I love you Nicholas Foxworth Crane. You are my destiny, my fate, my soul mate. I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
He looked down at her and smiled. "I love you too. Forever and always."
