CHAPTER 54

The surroundings are serene. The eyes are closed. Declan pressed both palms firmly to his brow as he struggled to organize the past.

In how they began, in how he felt so happy just to see Margaux's frowning face the day he turned down her offer to marry him.

It's been 24 hours, but the doctor who is now treating Margaux in the operating room has yet to emerge.

Declan recently discovered that Margaux's headache was accompanied by a slight pain in his side caused by appendicitis, which had not been completely eradicated from the girl's body when she also visited the ward and caused a long-during operation process.

The truth revealed by Hadley and Uncle Alfonso, on the other hand, is still fresh in Declan's mind.

He was hurt, but nothing hurt more than that part of Margaux who had lost her personality and was forced to tell her all the lies she never liked to tell.

"Bud... I'm sorry, I didn't even know her own father's message had been relayed to her, so Marcus and I didn't stop Margaux