Chapter 7

Gregory was gripping Silvia's shoulders so hard that it was hurting her. She tried to get him to let go, but he refused to listen.

Even when the crowd saw Gregory treating her like that, no one seemed to care.

Among those people were her best friend, whom she had lent the entirety of her savings to, and also a subordinate who made a mistake in a proposal she had stayed up all night to fix.

However, without a single exception, they were all glaring at her in hatred as if she were some sort of heinous criminal.

"It wasn't me!" Silvia argued. "I haven't even seen her lately. Also, I only found out just now that Ella has depression!"

Tessa couldn't help speaking up, "What do you mean, you only found out just now? If you didn't even know about it, why would you use your status as her legal guardian to tell the doctor not to prescribe Ella any medicine?

"If Ella had taken her medicine regularly, she wouldn't even be this startled! Why are you still making excuses now that things have come to this point? Don't you know that Ella almost died?"

It was only then that Silvia spotted Ella, who was shivering as she hid behind Gregory. "Ella? What happened?"

When Ella heard Silvia's voice, she trembled violently, then stopped moving altogether. Her head was lowered, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Silvia approached her to see what exactly was going on with her.

To her surprise, Ella suddenly screamed and shouted, "Don't come any closer!"

Then, she frantically grabbed something nearby and hurled it in Silvia's direction.

Silvia couldn't dodge in time, so she was hit squarely on the head.

A gash appeared on her forehead, and blood gushed out.

Gregory hastily stepped in front of Ella and shouted at Silvia, "Get out! Don't you dare get close to her!"

Silvia took a deep breath and pressed hard on her wound.

She still had to explain everything to Gregory.

As she walked out of the room, even with the door between them, she could hear the crowd comforting Ella.

Through the glass, she saw Gregory carefully treating the wound on Ella's hand.

The crowd was reassuring her and saying things like the evil woman was gone now.

Ella gradually relaxed, and then she hugged Gregory tightly.

Gregory held her gently in his arms as he comfortingly patted her on the back.

Silvia turned around, then asked a nurse for antiseptic and some bandages.

The nurse was startled when she saw Silvia's bloodied face, and she immediately took Silvia to get some stitches done. "Be extra careful when you go home, okay? Don't get any water on it. Oh, what a pity. A deep wound like that is bound to leave some scars."

Silvia smiled and reassured the nurse that it was fine.

The treatment for her wound was still underway when Gregory found Silvia.

When he saw the gauze on Silvia's forehead, he froze for a moment. "Ella isn't mentally stable. She didn't do it on purpose, so don't take it to heart."

Silvia shook her head. "It's fine. I won't hold anything against a patient. What about you? It must've been tough for you. It's not easy taking care of someone who's ill."

Her expression was calm, and anyone could tell that she really didn't mind.

Gregory was stunned. After all, he had come prepared to get into an argument with Silvia.

Now that she was graciously expressing her understanding, he suddenly didn't know what to say. "Well… I'm glad you understand. Does the wound still hurt? Is it serious?"

Gregory tried to approach her to check on her wound, but Silvia subconsciously backed away, dodging his hand.

His hand froze in midair, then dejectedly slumped back down.

Before Gregory could say anything, Silvia said to him, "I didn't do anything to Ella."

Gregory immediately retorted, "The troublemakers have already identified you as the one responsible! Who else could it have been, if not you? Are you telling me Ella did this to herself?"

Silvia felt her breath catch in her throat. "If that's what you want to think, I can't do anything about it. I actually came here to talk to you. Let's break—"

But before she could finish speaking, Tessa came running and said through gasps, "Gregory! Ella just woke up and started freaking out because you weren't there!"

Without any hesitation or another word, Gregory turned around and ran in the direction of Ella's room.

Silvia watched him leave, quietly bidding him goodbye in her heart.

Her last treatment would take place in nine days. After that, she would forget everything.

She would completely forget everything, and she wouldn't recall anything anymore.

She turned around and left. She bid farewell to her relationship of ten years and also the life of suffering she had gone through so far.

However, before she could make it out of the hospital, she felt someone grab her from behind.

She was about to struggle when she felt a sharp pain in the back of her head. Then, she lost consciousness.