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Author: Sapphire
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-31 11:27:29

The days passed agonizingly slowly and Ava fell into severe depression. She was going through utter hell and was unable to believe that this was what her life had come to.

While it was true that Derek didn’t die from the gunshot wound that had managed to penetrate his chest, he remained in a coma and showed no signs whatsoever of regaining consciousness anytime soon, or even ever.

He had had to go through delicate surgeries to have the bullet that, by some sheer stroke of luck, didn't hit any major organs, removed. However, some complications had arisen during surgery, and he remained in a coma.

The joy and hope that flooded Ava’s entire being when her mother delivered the news that Derek was still alive, but only unconscious to her, had since ebbed away as there was no improvement in his case.

As soon as he was stabilized, he was moved down to a hospital in the city where they lived, and Ava sat with him every hour of every day until a nurse came to demand that she leave to rest, and
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Melani Maré-Botha
please let Derek wake up and Harper and her friend still be alive, a happy ending please
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  • The CEO Ex-Wife's Revenge   False sincerity

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  • The CEO Ex-Wife's Revenge   Awakening

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  • The CEO Ex-Wife's Revenge   Doubtful

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  • The CEO Ex-Wife's Revenge   Back home

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