Chapter 1

Nora turned uneasy on her bed, sweating profusely. Her body was drenched in sweat and it didn’t seem like it was going to get better.

“Where the hell is Josephine?” She murmured to herself, anticipating the arrival of the nurse assigned to her. Or even Landon. She needed a miracle person to step in and adjust the room temperature.

‘I can't take this anymore.’ She frowned in frustration, deciding to do that herself.

She groped the bedspread tightly, still hoping for someone to walk in. But after a moment she decided to do it herself, secretly praying that she would not be caught.

Her eyeballs moved gently under her eyelid and she slowly opened her eyes. The direct beam of sunlight on her made her shut her eyes back.

‘No wonder it was so hot.’ 

The bed had been moved to face the only window where light radiated in and unfortunately for Nora, it was doing exactly that.

Nora sighed in frustration, she needed to open her eyes despite how unsafe it was for her. She was just starting to recover and was not going to take the risk for it.

She opened her eyes again, this time she tried her best to move her head to the side to reduce the light constraints. 

A smile of satisfaction appeared on her lips when the room lay in pure sight, it was blurry but she couldn’t have been more satisfied. 

Two days earlier, she had been able to see but only things that had color in them. All other things were as blank as when she was completely blind. 

Her secret was light- she needed light to see but when there was none, the room stood still, her blindness taking over. 

The accident may have cost her some years of her life but if it hadn't happened, she would never have met the love of her life and she was willing to risk her life for him again.

Nora swung her feet gently on the ground and stood, holding onto the table beside the bed to maintain her balance. Her feet hurt as she dragged herself towards the hall, leaning against it slightly to catch her breath.

She made her way to the control panel of the air conditioner slowly, using her hands to trace the wall for support.

As she moved, her overalls got entangled in a nail by the wall causing her to lose her balance and stumble backwards, hitting the drawer by her waist in the process.

“Ouch!” She cried out in pain, massaging her waist as she staggered to the curtain for support.

She slid the curtain open and to her surprise, she saw Landon standing behind it.

‘Why is he here? To see me?” Her heart skipped a beat as she saw his perfect body in her view, a blush creeping into her face.

She decided it was the perfect time to tell him about how she had recovered her sight, so she held out her hand to touch him when a voice spoke causing her hand to freeze in the air.

“Is that Nora?” 

The nurse's voice resounded clearly into her ears. At once, she switched into her blind mode.

“Nurse Josephine?” Her voice panicked, her hands wandering all over the curtain. “Is that you? I…I have been expecting you,” she whimpered, her voice barely a whisper.

Josephine pushed herself away from Landon who was planting kisses on her face. She lodged forward and rested on the wall, her arms crossed around her chest.

“I didn’t know you knew your way around or why are you not in bed?” The nurse eyed Nora suspiciously, her gaze moving to Landon in annoyance.

She had told him that she was not in the mood to sleep with him today.

“No, nurse Josephine, the room felt a little hotter than usual, so, ehm, I tried locating the control panel of the air conditioner,” Nora explained, her eyes everywhere except them.

“Do you mind doing that for me, Josephine?” She brought her palms together in plea, almost sobbing in the process.

Josephine sighed and exchanged glances with Landon. “What do you think?” She mouthed to him. 

“Okay,” Josephine walked out of the curtains, her steps quiet as she moved towards the control.

“Have you heard from Landon today? He promised to be here today.”

Nora moved her attention to Josephine who had now adjusted the room temperature.

‘That dress’ Nora squinted her eyes in recognition but quickly got herself back before she got caught.

That was her dress, she would never forget it. The colorful sequin gown was a gift from Landon and she had never even worn it. 

Her mind was still over the place when Josephine turned to her, “Fine now?” The coldness in her voice could not be hidden. 

“Yes, Josephine. Thank you so much.” Nora managed to force a bright smile on her face despite the soreness in her throat. 

“Get back to bed,” Josephine ordered, making her way back to Landon. But Nora saw it- the flirty eyes she threw at him, her cleavages that lay open, and then the necklace.

‘What the…” She almost cursed out. It was fine that she was wearing her dress or maybe even sleeping with her fiancée but to wear her mother’s necklace?

Her veins popped in her neck and she tightened her fist. She watched as Josephine lunged her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply.

Nora’s heart turned to ice and she stared at them openly making out in the room. The excitement of regaining her sight was instantly replaced by a crushing chill.

If her vision had never returned, would she have been blind to their deception forever?

She took a breath to calm her emotions and turned to go back to the bed when stumbled and knocked over a small cabinet, sending a saline bottle crashing onto the floor, and drenching the two in cold liquid. 

Josephine screamed in shock and a smirk appeared on Nora’s lips.

“What are you doing?” Josephine screamed.

“Where is Landon?” She snapped, her tone evidently harsh. She refused to apologize, losing every bit of respect she had for them. She still pretended not to see Landon.

Silence erupted in the room for a brief moment and the two exchanged glances in suspicion.

She heard someone cough just when she thought he was going to continue pretending.

“Landon! Are you fine?” 

Landon took a look at Josephine with surprise. “How did she know?” He whispered to her and she shrugged.

“Please get me medicine from the cabinet,” he spoke finally, testing to see if she had regained her sight.