After finishing the two calls, Adora saw that Louis had also wrapped up his conversation with the attending doctor.When she turned back, her gaze fell into his deep, tender eyes.Louis reached out his hand. Without a word, she understood, smiled sweetly, and returned to the bedside, sitting down a
As she slept, she looked serene and lovely, her delicate face slightly squashed against her arm, lips faintly pursed.Louis couldn’t help but smile, tempted to free his hand to caress her cheek, but he held back, afraid to wake her.Thinking back on the moments since they had met, he found it all ex
The sight of him lying there so weak filled Adora with aching worry.But she believed he would soon stand again, returning to that resilient, unyielding, unstoppable man she knew.Back in the ward, once the nurses had settled everything and explained a few precautions, they left.The caregiver had a
She nodded, took a deep breath in his arms, and whispered, “I know. I’ll be waiting for you outside.”“Alright.”The two of them held each other quietly for four or five minutes. Then Adora lifted her head, rose on tiptoe in his arms, and with a smile, gave him a kiss.“Okay, go now…”Louis was stro
The two men bickered in rough banter, the kind only close friends could get away with.Meanwhile, Adora was pulled to the window by Laura, the two women speaking in hushed tones.“Adora, I’m so sorry… I’ve been so busy lately that I didn’t even know something this serious had happened. Nathan told m
Although Louis’ illness hadn’t been made public, since he was being treated in the very hospital where he worked, some of his colleagues inevitably found out.Soon, the news reached Aaron and his wife, which meant Nathan also knew.On the day of Louis’s surgery, Nathan and Laura rushed over early in