ChristianThankfully, we reach the same hospital where Chrissie is admitted. Ivanna is taken for treatment right away even though the situation in the hospital looks terrible. There's chaos and emergency everywhere. I'm glad that Ivanna could be admitted right away. I haven't met Chrissie yet. Annalyn told me that she had been asking about us since Ivanna got back late to be back. She's worried for us after watching the snowstorm. Patricia convinced her that we were fine and we'll be back soon. However, I don't think I can meet her right now in this condition. "You should get a check-up too", the man says as I look up at him. "If you don't get treatment, you might get hit by hypothermia"He's still in the hospital with me. And I really appreciate that. He helped me to find a doctor in the chaos. I would never be able to do that alone, carrying her around the hospital when I'm freezing almost. "I guess I'm fine now", I mutter and my voice is still shivering. "It can be fatal, Mr—" h
Christian She drives her eyes away."I don't know. I wish it was that easy to decide. But I want to protect you, Chris! I feel so bad that I can do nothing to protect you", a teardrop slithers down to her cheek as she looks at the ceiling. "What if the case was the opposite? I know you would never let anything wrong happen to me, no matter how tough it was. You would have protected me and Chrissie both. I don't know how but you would definitely do it. I hate that I'm unable to protect you"Is she giving up? I know that I didn't want her to mess with all this. But deep down, I badly want her to protect me. Even if mankind tags me NOT MANLY enough to wish this. But I fucking want my woman to protect me because I know she's capable of it. She has done it so many times. She has no clue about it. "You have always protected me, Iv", I scoff. Her eyes slowly drift down at me, locking my eyes in intense eye contact. "Always. If nothing wrong happened until now, it was all because of you. I
Kane"Get me a godddammn blanket, you morons!" I roar, surging inside the office. Cold has gotten down to my stomach, shuddering the shit out of me. "I could find this one, Sir", Nicole rushes with one and I immediately wrap it around myself, even though that's not enough. "Emily! Where's she? Is she okay?""I think it's you who is not okay, Sir. She's been in the office ever since", she says while following me."I know!" I shrug, walking faster towards the cabin but I guess I'm not really walking faster. My legs are aching after walking the whole way on this freaking ice. I tried to get my car out. But nothing worked. No vehicle. No network. What a great snowy day."Hey!" Emily exclaims, walking out of the cabin and she barges towards me. In the next moments, she's clinging onto my ached body. "Thank God!""Don't thank him. Because he froze me in that damn ice", I groan, shivering like hell. I don't even hug her back. "I thought my offspring is gonna be orphan before its birth""St
Kane"Well, I don't think that's gonna be an issue", I say. "I mean Christian is her father, of course. No matter whether Jarred knew about it or not. No one takes accountability for the mess Thea and Jarred created years back. Especially Christian or Ivanna""Yeah. I know. That's— like the different thing you know", Emily rolls her eyes. "But like you know— that you might know— I mean you figure out why Thea didn't tell Jarred about the baby. Because she was kind of sure that Jarred would never let her abandon the baby. She was scared that Jarred would disclose her secrets""So?" I shake my head."So, it might be like Jarred could really be a good father, you know. So, I'm just worried he doesn't show any over-the-top emotions""Oh, please", I shrug off my shoulders. "Can we just stop praising that homewrecker man? I mean we're literally forgetting that Jarred is no saint. He fucking knew Thea was married. Then why? I mean why and how do people do this? He's equally at fault and he w
JarredI look at Thea. Properly. After years. That face is still the same but the person is not. Or maybe, I had always known an illusion that was never real. I feel my eyes burning— moistening. Nine years. It's been nine years since the last time I shed tears. I still remember that night when I cried my heart out. Screamed. The whole night. The memory is still raw. That was the night I actually realized whatever we had was actually one-sided. That shit hurt more than ever."Jarred, please. I think you're not acting sensible now", Tiffany comes in front of me when I still gaze behind her shoulder. "That's not new for me. I was never sensible", I drift my gaze to Tiffany. She looks horrified. "Never sensible to use my own brain. I kept doing everything she asked me to do only to get dumped by her over and over"I groan, leaning towards her. Raw anger surges through my body with the invincible pain pricking my soul. Tiffany looks around, terrified. "Look. I understand. I know. I have
JarredI was shaking in wrath. "Remember?" I grunt near her horrified face. "That lie. That biggest lie you told me. Who gave you the fucking right to hide the truth about my child? How dare you— how dare you separate my daughter from me? How dare you abandon her? I'm her father! She was not only yours. You were not the only one to decide!"When I literally growl my lungs out, I feel like all my nerves are gonna explode inside my body. She's looking down now, nervous and terrified when I'm burning in severe anger. And the anger is more upon myself. Why did I believe her? Why didn't I ask for proof that the child wasn't mine? But I was traumatised and broken. Maybe, I would not be able to do anything even if I knew that. "You're bound to answer me, Thea!" I grab her jaw and make her look at me again. "I had no rights over you. I had no right to stop you. But I had rights to my daughter. Why did you snatch that away?""Because I wanted you to have a better life", she breaks into tear
Christian"Good morning", I smile, walking inside the cabin and finding Chrisanna still sleeping while hugging Ivanna. Ivanna is awake now with a wide smile on her face. "Good morning"I lean towards her and kiss her forehead. "Slept well?" I look down at Chrissie. "That's a kind of stupid question"Ivanna chuckles. "She wouldn't leave me"I nod. "She was really scared of those thick bandages around your legs""She has never seen me like that before so—" Ivanna caresses her hair. "What about you? Your back is okay?""Why do you always talk about my back? I mean I'm not that old to have back issues. Come on!" I grimace."I just love to tease you", she pulls my cheek. "I know that"She cracks up. "Okay. So—""So— the surgery isn't going to happen today""Yeah. I kind of guessed it. There must be a lot of emergency cases""Well, that was the main reason. But even if they could, Thea wouldn't be able to go through surgery. She's already in the hospital bed", I say in utter frustration
Jarred"I told you not—", Tiffany follows him inside and pauses as she spots me with the same horror in her eyes. What the hell is happening?"Jarred!" I exclaim. He looks away, being a bit hesitant. "You— you know him?" Thea stutters from behind."Yeah", I don't look back at her and keep my eyes on Jarred. "I thought you were gone. But you're here?"I don't know how to ask this question but I can't understand his business here. "The thing is—" Jarred proceeds to say."He was my batch mate. From university", Thea cuts him off. "Oh! I didn't know", I say.There's a moment of awkward silence which might depict a bunch of questions and confusion. "I think you guys were in an important conversation. Sorry to interrupt", Jarred says before turning around."Wait! Wait!" Thea clamours at the top of her lungs and I look back. She's literally sweating with a nervous smile on her face. "We're not in a serious conversation. Mr Scott was here to ask how I'm doing"I pass her a blank look. "