Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 614

"What do you mean it wasn't successful?"

Yara looked just as stunned. She grabbed the doctor, her voice sharp, derranding the answers I was t afraid to ask

"You can go in and see for yourselves," he said, giving us nothing but a cold response.

Vara didn't let go, pushing for more, but it was the assistant doctor who spoke up. "The back of his skul was severely crushed. We repaired the fracture, but the brain hemorrhaging was uncontrollable, with multiple active bleed sites. You should see him now-there's very little time left."

Vara finally released her grip on the doctor's arm.

She was trying to stay composed, but her body shook as she took a step forward. Then she stopped, she'd remembered something, and turned back to help me stand, leading me into the room.

The bright lights inside were blinding, almost painful to my eyes.

Hayden was lying there in a surgical gown, an oxygen mask over his face, and his head wrapped in bandages.

I couldn't bring myself to move closer.

It was Yara who spoke up. "Say what you need to say, because... you might not get another chance."

had already accepted

I looked down at him. Hayden's eyes were closed, his face still,

face, the way I could be bold and fearless with him. But now, seeing him

was terror.

whispered, her

I couldn't bring myself to reach for his

up. Keira's

time, I saw his eyelids flicker, then slowly open. His eyes focused for a few seconds, then locked onto mine. There was no coldness, no distance, no

that, the dam inside me broke. Tears rushed down my face, unstoppable. I wanted to say something-anything-but my throat was tight.

his hand touched my face. My sobs tore through

wiped my tears away, just like he

it wasn't. It was

just cry," Yara

to cry, but I couldn't stop it Swallowing the lump in my throat, clung to

brushing against my cheek and blurted. "Hayden,

wide, like she couldn't believe nd just dropped that in

smiled it was the kind of smile that made everything

ke the world is