Chapter 501

Sylvia Lloyd drifted in and out of consciousness, the image of that man fading further and further from her mind until he was gone completely.

...

Hospital.

When Sylvia finally woke up, her head was pounding like someone had swung a baseball bat at her.

"Ow... that hurts," she groaned.

She tried to lift her hand to rub her temples, but before she could, a pair of hands -wrapped in bandages-gently but firmly grabbed hers.

A man's deep, gravelly voice sounded by her bedside, strained with worry and something almost like anger. "So you know it hurts now? Stop moving around!"

Sylvia blinked, disoriented. She turned her head slowly, staring at the man in shock.

Then, suddenly, she screamed.

"Ah! Who are you? Why are you touching me?!”

"What... did you say?" the man muttered, stunned. His jaw clenched and a vein popped out on his forehead as he struggled to keep his emotions in check.

Sylvia shrank back under the covers, clutching them to her chest.

Her scream brought people running from the hallway.

people rushed in, led by Tristan Garcia-his

Naomi in the crowd and immediately reached out for

people? Why

agape, not knowing

bursting into tears. "Oh, honey, don't scare

quickly called for

in and immediately started examining Sylvia. The car accident had been bad

scans showed no serious brain injuries. Medically, she should've

Rupert Garcia's presence was ice-cold and intimidating, as if he

when he met Sylvia's pale, pleading eyes. A memory flashed-her desperate voice begging him once before: "Chris, I don't expect favors, but... if

eyes locked for a

looks like

said, slowly, "Given

some memory loss. . she's

it?" Rupert's voice was

their routine after a

repeated, gently, "She's

there's a way to cure it." Rupert's

Chris fell silent.

else picked up on Rupert's

clutched the blanket tighter and whispered, trembling, "Mom, he's scaring me. Can you

Rupert's eyes turned cold and distant, like the

did you

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