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?"

hospital, she was scared out of her wits and hurriedly

doctor managed to

you drink so much? Must you make your family worry and suffer because of you?

a sheet, and his eyes looked soulless. The usual color on his cheeks had faded, leaving behind

dim and hazy, like the fuzzy reflection

cold voice broke

and I, won't you think for Grandma? She raised

looks like me as a replacement and she'll take him as me, just like how Aurora took Rose's

as how

You're the only one in this world and you're irreplaceable. You're my

wanted to tell Theodore that he

even further. He wasn't in a good condition right now, and was just

even more worried that he might end

furrowed at her words.

of your own and be a father one day. If your child ends up

overwhelm him. Sydney's words seemed

have my own

to bear a child with another woman. He couldn't do

Rose were pregnant back then! He would then have a reason not to divorce

misunderstandings that

a chance to

hoped so hard that Rose would become pregnant,

be left of him, Theodore Spencer, in

with hopelessness, like a lone boat adrift in the vast

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