Between Ruin And Resolve: My Ex-Husband’s Regret

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.

The doctor’s voice rang out again, sounding more grave now. It was their last attempt. If Sadie’s heart didn’t stabilize, they

“Clear!” Bang!

heart seemed to stop in time with Sadie’s

second, two seconds, three

a lifetime, a century,

Beep—Beep—Beep—

steady

journey

patient is stable!” a nurse

of relief swept through the medical team. The doctor

in a daze. He stared at the monitor, unable

right, Mr. Wall?”

He just tightened his grip on Sadie’s hand and pressed his thumb gently against the faint pulse on her

was enough. It had

long as she was alive, there was still

drink, his attention never straying from the heart

that he was alive were the steady rise and fall of his chest and