After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 121

Nolan's hand trembled violently, nearly dropping his phone.

He staggered, almost falling, as the assistant's words echoed through his mind like a knife repeatedly plunging into his heart.

"That's impossible! It can't be!"

A metallic taste filled his throat before blood erupted from his mouth, splattering across the window in front of him.

The world began to spin around him before he collapsed heavily to the ground.

When Nolan regained consciousness, he saw nothing but blinding white. The sharp smell of antiseptic filled his nostrils, accompanied by the rhythmic beeping of medical equipment.

His assistant sat beside the bed, red-eyed, clutching a folder tightly. Seeing Nolan awake, he leaned forward, his voice hoarse "Sir, you're finally awake.

Nolan's vision was blurry as he struggled to focus"What... happened to me?"

The assistant lowered his head, his voice catching"You collapsed after coughing up blood. The doctors worked on you for twenty-four hours straight... they issued critical condition notices several times."

his mind-the assistant's

asked, his voice weak but

then they took so much blood..She was gone before they even realized what was happening. Her final wish

barely audible as his fingers unconsciously gripped

it to Nolan with trembling hands "Sir, I... I couldn't live with myself. I investigated what really happened that night. This contains

opened to the first page. As he read through it, his face grew increasingly

the truth behind the accident-how Nolan's mother during a depressive episode, had mistaken a security guard for Nolan's father and slept with

the Creed family's reputation, Aurelia had shouldered all the

allowing Nolan himself to send her to

for me..." Nolan's voice was so hoarse it was barely audible as his fingers gripped the

staining the white sheets

"Sir! Sir!!!"

alarm sounded throughout the room.

smiles in his presence, the countless

being crushed by an invisible hand, the pain making

room, Nolan's father and Evangeline

tone impatient"Wasn't Nolan looking for Aurelia? How did he end up like this?