Theodore laid on the hospital bed with a hollow look in his eyes.

He had asked himself countless times why he was still alive.

Why was he in the hospital when he opened his eyes?

He was the only one living in that house, with no servants on duty.

He was all alone, surrounded by a pile of wine bottles, fully intending to drink to his death. He was all prepared to welcome death, and even thought he saw the grim reaper waving his hands at him. Yet, when he next opened his eyes, he found himself in the hospital.

It was dark and silent in the ward. The air felt as though it was frozen, the silence deafening.

Theodore looked out the window, and saw a weak ray of sunshine peeking shyly through the curtains. It was as bashful as a young lover, but he could still feel the warmth on his cheeks.

Unfortunately, this ray of sunshine wasn't enough to resist the gloom in his heart. All it did was to trace the outline of his emaciated and haggard face.

He hated the sunshine.

The door to the ward suddenly opened and Sydney walked in. She had a bouquet of fresh flowers in hand, which she began displaying in a vase.

Theodore continued lying silently on the bed, as if he didn't see her at all.

A light fragrance filled the air in the room.

Theodore furrowed his brows. "What are you doing here?"

"My son almost died. Can't I come?"

from the hospital, she was scared out of

the doctor managed

you drink so much? Must you make your family worry and suffer because of you? You're clearly tired of living!" Theodore smirked. "I'm sorry for putting you through such

and his eyes looked soulless. The usual color on his cheeks had faded, leaving behind deathly gray in its

dim and hazy, like

cold voice broke Sydney's

and I, won't you think

I am now, so what if I die? Just find someone who looks like me as a replacement and she'll take him as me, just like how Aurora took Rose's place before." Theodore looked coldly at her, his voice drenched with hopelessness. "Everyone can be replaced in this

how

this world and you're irreplaceable. You're my son, and

wanted to tell Theodore that he was

now after hiding it from him for so long might break him even further. He wasn't in

worried that he might end

brows furrowed at her words.

be a father one day. If your child ends up like

in his heart overwhelm him. Sydney's words seemed to deepen the unspeakable pain in

my own child,

be able to bear a child with another woman. He

so badly to have a child with Rose. If only Rose were pregnant back then!

the misunderstandings that laid

stand a chance to come between

so hard that Rose would become pregnant, but

be left of him, Theodore

filled with hopelessness, like a lone boat adrift in the vast ocean

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