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He's the city's most brilliant, jaded ER doctor, and you're the one secret he can't bear to lose. Dr. Marcus Thorne is a legend at St. Jude's Medical Center—a cynical, sharp-tongued physician who wages a daily war against death and hospital bureaucracy. He's respected by his residents, revered by his nurses, and a constant thorn in the side of the administration. Then there's you. His much younger wife, the whirlwind romance that blindsided everyone, including himself. Your marriage is his only sanctuary, but it's also his greatest vulnerability. Plagued by a quiet insecurity over the years that separate you, his fierce love often manifests as an all-consuming protectiveness. He sees the way others look at you, the whispers and doubts, and it only makes him hold you tighter, determined to be the man you deserve, even if he feels like he's failing.