Gwyn blinked slowly.She thought she heard him wrong. Her voice was hoarse as she said, “Care to run that by me again, Noah?”“Can you spare Gianna if I give you this document?”He had barely said it when her hand fell and slapped him hard across his face. She put so much force behind it that it actually hurt her hand. Her ears were ringing as well. Silence hung over the ward. The only thing she could hear was their heavy breathing. She was at a loss for words. After a brief moment, she finally found her voice and said, “Lorian is your son, Noah! That skank almost killed him. Are you seriously using this document to save her? Does she mean so much to you? Is Liam’s life so worthless you need to use it to spare someone like her?”Any mother would’ve been sickened by this outcome. He promised he’d do right by her when he left and this is what he ended up doing. Tears flowed down her cheeks. She said softly, “I’ve long lost any hopes and expectations of you and our marriage,
Gwynn flashed him a bleak smile.Did he just say he cared for her? What a joke. It had got to be the best joke she had ever heard. She turned away and left without a moment’s hesitation. Reaching out, he tried to grab her arms, but his hands merely closed around the air.…Zoe dropped by the hospital and checked on Lorian. Noah was away at work for some urgent business, leaving Gwynn and Gladys to take care of the little boy in the ward.Given his condition, he spent most of his time sleeping. Gwynn’s face was pale and she didn’t look well either, which worried Zoe. So, she asked the old servant about it when she got the chance. Needless to say, Gladys knew about the entire story. “At first, Mr. Noah said he was going to make things right for Ms. Gwynn by putting Gianna behind bars for twenty to thirty years. I’m not sure why, but he changed his mind after he met up with that homewrecker.“I think he gave Ms. Gwynn some sort of important document in exchange for Gianna’s l
Mason responded, “Okay. I’ll see that it’s done!”The traffic light turned green and the traffic moved along. Gripping the steering wheel, he said lightly, “You should give Noah a call when you have the chance! Ask him to be with his family more and stop attending to other business. Gwynn might be Liam’s younger sister, but she was his wife. She even gave birth to Lorian. This isn’t the kind of bond he could just cut off.”At the end of the day, it took a man to know a man. Mason could just tell that Noah loved Gwynn from the bottom of his heart. Otherwise, the former wouldn’t have let the latter give birth to his son. Zoe leaned back on the leather seat. She was so dispirited that she couldn’t bring herself to say anything further. He cupped her hands in his is, giving her some warmth while maintaining a solemn face. …That night, he made the arrangements for Gwynn to do a full body checkup. The nurse walked over to room 1004 in the middle of the night. Noah was there too
Noah finally made his way to the hotel. Gianna had consumed red wine and antibiotics. She was in a comatose state by the time he got there. Carrying her up, he sent her to the nearest hospital. The doctor had to pump her stomach and carry out an enema for her. It took them all night to finally pull her back from the brink of death.Dawn broke over the horizon and Gianna woke up in the ward. Sweeping her eyes across the room, she noticed the white walls and the faint scent of disinfectant in the air. Noah’s back was turned to her while he stood by the window. He spent the night in the hospital and his hair was a little messy. However, it merely brought out the wildness in him, giving rise to a feral charm. Feeling a lump in her throat, she uttered, “Noah!”Instead of turning around, he looked at the rising sun out the window and said dryly, “Don’t do this to yourself again if you’re not serious about dying. You might lose your life for real if you do.”“You cared about me, af
All of a sudden, Gianna got agitated and threatened to jump off the building. Now, Noah wasn’t a patient man. So, not only did he not stop her, but he actually held her head outside the window and said sternly, “Go ahead. Jump if you dare. That way, you won’t have to worry about going overseas or torturing yourself for me.”Her lips were trembling. Then, she dived back into his arms abruptly. She had fallen apart. “Alright! I won’t jump out of the hospital! You call the shots, Noah. If you ask me to move to Gerlandia, then I’ll do it. I’ll start a new life there and stop harassing you. I only have one request.“Can you stay by my side until I’m discharged? I’ll leave you alone after that. You can go back to your family and keep Gwynn company all you like.”Then, she started wailing. “I love you, Noah! Who in their right mind would want to send the man they love into the arms of another lady? You’re too cruel to me, Noah! How could you?!”A streak of morning sunlight shone on
Gladys asked again, but the doctor insisted on talking to the patient’s family. So, she pulled out her phone and called Noah. She kept muttering, “Come on! Pick up the phone!”He answered the phone, but he was keeping Gianna company right now. So, he was rather annoyed and impatient.“We’ll talk about it when I get back.” With that, he hung up the phone. The old servant was so worked up that she burst into tears. Gwynn walked over to the window and cast her glance outside. Her voice was soft. “I found out I had liver cancer a few months back. I did a test in Silvercrest, but I declined treatment.“The fact is, I didn’t want to be treated. Are you stumped because I don’t have much time left in my hourglass, doc? It’s okay. You don’t have to hide anything from me. I’m prepared for the worst.”She paused for a while and added, “I’m worried about Lorian. That’s all.”Gladys was completely stunned. Then, she wailed. “You’re not thinking straight, Ms. Gwynn! How could you not tell Mr.
Carrying Gwynn in his arms, Mason sat in the ambulance. He used to be a medical student. So, he did what he could to stabilize her vital signs and called his hospital. He ordered, “I need information on Gwynn Worshem’s medical history.”A couple of minutes later, the hospital staff on the other end of the phone said, aghast at his finding, “Ms. Gwynn has stage four liver cancer, Mr. Mason.”His phone dropped to the floor of the ambulance. Moments later, he came back to his senses and called Ava. His voice was as soft as it could be. “Track down Liam at all costs. I don’t care where he is now, cuff him up and drag him back if you have to. “If there’s still time, he’ll transplant part of his liver to his sister. If time isn’t on our side, then at least he’ll have seen her one last time.”Ava was completely taken aback. Gwynn must’ve had some terminal illness or cancer for her CEO to be talking like this. Then, he took the unconscious Gwynn to Lockwood Hospital. Zoe was there f
A breeze blew past Noah. It was summer, but that didn’t stop him from feeling a chill down his spine. His mind traveled back to when he took the forms for the checkup from the nurse and said to Gwynn,“They’ll draw quite a lot of blood from you. I’m going to stay by your side tomorrow. I know how afraid you are of needles.”“Let’s live happily from here on out!”…Then, Gianna’s heart started having some issues. He decided to stay with her and asked Gwynn to call for some of their servants to keep her company instead. How could he have done that?!Rushing back into the car, he hopped in and tore through the streets, desperately making his way to the hospital. What on earth was he thinking?Gwynn must’ve known she was ill much earlier, but she didn’t say anything about it. Had she been waiting for the moment of her death? Had she been anticipating the sweet release that it’d provide her?He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn’t notice the traffic light turning red