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All Chapters of Her Silent Heart: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1

While I was having a check-up at the hospital, I received a message from my best friend, Mary."He's showing that woman off to us again! Are you just going to sit there and let him?"I wanted to reply, but a sudden tightness gripped my chest, almost making me double over with pain. Steadying myself against the wall, I took a few deep breaths, only regaining my composure after a long while.At that point, I just switched my phone off, no longer having any energy to reply.Meanwhile, the doctor helped me into the consultation room with my medical report in hand. Shaking his head, he said, "Your condition is still quite bad, Miss Palmer. You have to be mentally prepared. Don't let your emotions get too intense, or else you'll…"I smiled and nodded lightly at the doctor as I shoved a handful of pills in my mouth. "Yes, I understand. I've been using this artificial heart for years now, after all."Six years ago, Scott and I went overseas on vacation. However, enemies of his family had

Chapter 2

"Hey, since Miss Palmer is fine, can you take me to the movies now? Oh, I really want to try out that new French place in the city center, people say it's amazing!"I stood there in the wind, my nose and fingertips red from the cold. As the engine blared to life, Scott said, "Since you're fine, then go home on your own, yeah? We've got plans."Roanna smiled and waved her hand at me. "We'll head off then, Miss Palmer! Take care of your health and live a long life, alright?"Then, the window rolled up, and they drove off, leaving me there all alone."Live a long life… Huh…?"-Mary invited me out to eat, and ironically, it was the French restaurant that Roanna had mentioned earlier.The place was spacious and packed with people. Midway through the meal, I went to the restroom, only to bump straight into Roanna.She stood there, huffing and puffing as she glared at me like an angry little rabbit. "Are you stalking us? You're trying to ruin my date with Scott, aren't you?!"I on

Chapter 3

"You should be apologizing to my girl, not me!" Scott complained angrily.At his words, the manager quickly bowed and apologized to Roanna as well. "I'm terribly sorry, Miss Sterling. I will take care of this immediately."Roanna raised her chin proudly, shooting me a smug look.So what if I was Scott's lawfully wedded wife? I still couldn't compare to his mistress in the slightest.The manager immediately turned to me, his face cold and stern. "Ma'am the exit is that way. Please leave, and refrain from disturbing others like you did today."Then, he immediately started goading me towards the exit, making sure I couldn't walk any other way.As I walked, I saw Scott walking away, his arm around Roanna as he comforted her and kissed her gently.Once upon a time, he treated me like that too, but I was a fool for not realizing that people could change.Mary, having noticed my delayed absence, came looking for me. Seeing the manager trying to kick me out, she immediately took out

Chapter 4

In the end, it was the housekeeper who found me and called both the ambulance and Scott.When I opened my eyes again, I was in the hospital. Scott was there too, holding my hand, the dark circles under his eyes revealing that he had stayed by my side all throughout the night without much rest.Pressing my cold fingers to his cheek, he spoke gently, "Why is your hand so cold? Have you not been taking care of your health?"I looked at him in pure confusion and retracted my hand without any hesitation. "What does that have to do with you? Aren't you celebrating Roanna's birthday?"Scott froze for a second, then softened his tone to explain, "Wendy, the weather app just glitched. My GPS was set to another district, so it didn't show the storm warning here."He still remembered what he promised me, but it was too little, too late."Even if you saw it, I doubt you would've abandoned that little lover of yours, right?"Scott didn't respond.He spent our entire youth helping me reduce

Chapter 5

"Scott, didn't you promise to spend my birthday with me? Why did you abandon me when the day isn't even over yet?"You left me all alone, and now everyone's looking at me like I'm a joke! I don't know what to do… Please come save me…"It was her birthday starting last midnight, after all.Putting one hand over the microphone, Scott turned to me and stared at me, unblinking. "Wendy, if you tell me not to leave, I won't. I will stay here with you."I pried my fingers out of his grip and tugged the tube out of his hand as well. "Go with her if you want. I don't care."With that, he scoffed. "Fine. Don't say I didn't ask you."Raising his phone again, he spoke into it with sweet, honeyed words. "Don't worry, Roanna. I'm coming for you, alright?"Before he left, he said, "Wendy, no matter what happens now, and what will happen in the future… You asked for it!"Then, he slammed the door and left. Not much later, the doctor came in."Miss Palmer, we made sure not to tell him abou

Chapter 6

I asked to meet Scott in the parking lot, and Roanna came together with him."What do you want?" Scott asked impatiently, his voice filled with annoyance.I didn't have the energy to argue, so I replied quietly, "Give me back the prayer card my parents gave me. It's in your car."He hadn't guessed that that's what I wanted. He threw his car keys towards me, hitting my shoulder.Judging from the sharp pain, it probably left a bruise."Go get it yourself."When I checked inside the car, I didn't manage to find the card where it was usually hung up."It's not here. Where's it? The one my parents got for me, remember?"Before Scott replied, Roanna chimed up, "Are you talking about that old thing? It was gross and dusty—and totally clashed with the aesthetic of Scott's car, so I threw it away! You wouldn't blame me right, Scott?"In an instant, I lunged forward and grabbed her collar, gritting my teeth. "What did you say? Threw it away? Where?!""Ahh!" Roanna screeched, reaching t

Chapter 7

Scott looked quite annoyed."Stop spouting nonsense. The doctor told me your artificial heart is strong, and you look perfectly fine to me! If you were going to die, you would've died during the surgery, so stop using your heart to scare me!"Hearing his words, I completely lost control over my heartbeat. I gasped like a fish out of water, completely losing control of my heart rate and my body.It wasn't until I collapsed onto the ground, body limp and lips turning a startling shade of blue, that Scott finally realized how serious it was."An ambulance! Call an ambulance now!"My heartbeat was so deafening that I couldn't hear anything else, and all I could see was the panic-struck look on Scott's face.He seemed to be begging me again, begging for my heart to slow down, but this time, my heart no longer listened to him.-I was brought to the hospital, and all I saw as I faded in and out of consciousness was Scott's face, streaked with tears. He was talking to me, but I couldn

Chapter 8

"You didn't know a damn thing, because while her chest was being cut open, you were off kissing Roanna at a new year's party!" Mary spat, trembling with rage as tears ran down her cheeks. "Are you sure you aren't the one with a fake heart, Scott?"-The hospital ward was quiet for a very long time.After what seemed like an eternity, Scott finally opened his mouth, his voice choked with emotion, "But she… She was the one who acted coldly to me and ignored me in the first place…"We'd only been married for a month, and she already stopped loving me. I tried so hard, but she wouldn't say much to me at all… I-If we had talked more, then…"Mary immediately cut him off, "Oh, shut up! Are you going to stand there and tell me that you cheated because she was giving you the cold shoulder? Did you think that she stopped talking to you because she didn't love you? Well, you're wrong!""Then why did she?"Mary didn't give him a reply. "Just… Let her tell you herself."-The first tim

Chapter 9

However, no one knew just how much I sacrificed for this marriage.The enemies of the Harris family, having failed in their kidnapping, bore a grudge. Now knowing that they had no way of hurting them directly, they set their sights on my family instead.The second day of our marriage, a heavy truck barrelled into my parents as they were driving home, and they died on the spot.After the incident was ruled an accident, I received a message from an anonymous sender."They died because of you."Before I could even screenshot it, the message vanished.I didn't even know if I imagined it.I never told Scott about any of it. I knew I shouldn't hate him, and I couldn't bring myself to blame him.The only person who I hated was myself.Because I loved Scott, and because I married him, I had to pay the price.After that, I could no longer look at him in the face and tell him that I loved him. Every time I saw him, I saw my parents' bodies, stitched up in the morgue.I couldn't think

Chapter 10

I wanted to go somewhere warm, somewhere I could feel the warm sunlight on every inch of my skin.In response, Mary brought me to Springville, where every season was warm and lightning was few and far between.The both of us rented a small house there, where the sun poured in every day.However, my body got worse. Even lifting my arms sometimes caused dizziness from lack of circulation. Despite this, Mary never complained, carrying me onto the wheelchair and insisting on bringing me out to bask in the sun each and every day.Every time I dozed off in the courtyard, she'd gently press her hand on my chest, feeling for the heartbeat that was barely there.She would then cry—silently, so that I wouldn't be roused from my slumber.I wanted nothing more than to comfort her, but I couldn't even lift a hand anymore. The sunlight could warm my skin all day, but it was as if my whole body was trapped in everlasting ice.And so, my heart beat on, slowly and faintly.-One day, an unwelc

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