Chapter 514

Chapter 514:

“Clear!” Bang!

Sadie’s body jerked violently. The line on the monitor remained erratic.

“Second charge. Ready! Clear!” Bang!

The medical team repeated the process once more.

Each time Sadie jerked, Noah felt a spark of hope, but then she would fall back onto the bed, limp and lifeless, and his heart would sink with hers.

Noah could feel his legs weakening beneath him. The tips of his fingers had gone cold and clammy.

He clasped Sadie’s hand and whispered over and over, “Sadie, wake up… Please… Wake up… Sadie, I was wrong… I was so wrong… I shouldn’t have treated you like that..I shouldn’t have doubted you… Wake up, please. I swear, I will do anything you ask. Just open your eyes… Please…”

His words faltered toward the end, his tears streaming freely down his face.

It was the first time he allowed himself to be vulnerable in front of others—in front of a woman, no less.

out again, sounding more grave now. It was their last

“Clear!” Bang!

stop in time with Sadie’s

two seconds,

lifetime, a

Beep—Beep—Beep—

a steady heartbeat,

next journey

stable!” a

sigh of relief swept through the medical team. The doctor leaned against the

in a daze. He stared at

Mr. Wall?” the doctor

grip on Sadie’s hand and pressed his thumb gently against the faint pulse on her wrist. Sadie wasn’t

It had to be enough—for

was alive, there was

days. He didn’t eat or drink, his attention never straying from the heart monitor.

motionless, like a statue. The only signs that he was alive were the steady rise and fall of his chest and the occasional flutter of

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