Semua Bab Blinded for Your Sake: Stolen Matches and Hollow Tears: Bab 1 - Bab 10

"Tess, the donor changed his mind. Talk to Ethan and have him figure out another way to help you before your eyes deteriorate even more!"Tessa Langford was packing a suitcase for her upcoming hospitalization when her best friend, Rosalie Gray, called her. Tessa's heart leaped to her throat when she heard the bad news, and her mind went blank.When she came to her senses, she gripped her phone tightly and asked anxiously, "Why did the donor change his mind? Maybe we could try to talk some sense into him. I… I…"Tessa struggled to form a coherent sentence. She rubbed the hem of her shirt between her fingers, and her heart sank as Ethan Ziegler's indifferent expression flashed in her mind.Ethan wouldn't help her. He loathed her after the incident from years ago. In the five years they had been married, he treated her as though she were invisible. She would be remiss to think that he would help her."Tess, I can't reach the donor," Rosalie said sorrowfully. "The donor wants his cont

Ethan sped down the road. It was supposed to be a 20-minute drive, but with the speed he was going, he'd managed to cut the time by half.When he'd shoved Tessa into the car earlier, she hadn't had time to fasten her seatbelt. She'd ended up losing her balance in the passenger seat and getting knocked sideways by the momentum. By the time the car screeched to a halt, she was aching all over.She knew Ethan was punishing her for snapping at Charlotte. It was his way of standing up for his beloved woman. He coldly said, "Get out."Tessa straightened up in her seat. She waited until she'd recovered from the bumpy ride before she opened the car door and got out.It was nightfall, and the neon lights outside the club put up quite a colorful show as they illuminated the front steps.Tessa's vision was limited, and though she'd tried narrowing her eyes to focus on the steps before her, she nearly missed one. She staggered and instinctively clutched the hem of Ethan's shirt to steady hers

After leaving Tessa at the club, Ethan got a call and headed to the company to take care of a few documents. When he got home later that night, he noticed that Tessa was not waiting for him on the couch as usual.He grew irritated. He thought that she was wrong and incorrigible to begin with. She knew that Charlotte was losing her vision, yet lied about going blind herself to get his attention. He didn't think that she had a right to throw a fit after what she had done.Agitated, Ethan loosened his tie and made his way to the bedroom. Tessa was destined to fail if she planned to blackmail him and pick a fight with Charlotte. The Langfords owed Charlotte too much for Tessa to throw a fit and get her way.With that in mind, Ethan went to bed that night and fell asleep quickly. He didn't even think about asking where Tessa had gone.But he was annoyed again when he awoke the next day and still did not see Tessa. He summoned the housekeeper and asked about Tessa, only to be told that s

Charlotte's delicate face was filled with fear. She clutched Ethan's hand like a drowning person clinging to the last piece of driftwood.Ethan squeezed her hand reassuringly. "Don't worry. I'll take you to the hospital right now."With that, he scooped her up into his arms and turned to leave. But just as he stepped forward, he glanced back into the crowd one last time.There was still no sign of Tessa.Charlotte had said that she saw Tessa come down earlier. So, he figured that she must have left on her own.Charlotte whimpered in his arms. Her cries grew sharper and more urgent.Ethan didn't have time to think about anything else. Holding her tight, he rushed off.Only after they were gone did Tessa finally manage to crawl up from the chaos.The Ferris wheel had malfunctioned out of nowhere, and the waiting crowd had erupted into panic. People shoved and pushed in their rush to escape.Caught off guard, Tessa had been knocked down by the stampede.More people kept pushing

Tessa had come here looking for Elyse and hadn't expected to see this scene. As luck would have it, the waitress who was being humiliated was the very woman she was trying to find.Tessa thought that Ethan should really see for himself what his so-called kind and gentle junior was truly like.Elyse stumbled back from the force of Charlotte's shove and landed hard on the floor. But Charlotte didn't spare her a single glance. Instead, she strutted past in her heels like a proud peacock.Humiliated, Elyse sat there, her face pale. Her whole body was trembling. But all she could do was clench her fists and hold back her emotions as she discretely wiped at her tears.Tessa was about to step forward to comfort her and strike up a conversation when a sharp pain suddenly shot through her eyes. Her vision went dark, and she nearly collapsed. Fortunately, she managed to steady herself against the wall just in time.By the time she steadied herself, Elyse was gone. The hallway led to the bac