Game Over No Second Chances

Chapter 4

"Drink some warm water," Zach said. "Wendy hasn't woken up yet, and I can't leave her side. Rena, be good. I'm exhausted. Stop making a fuss, alright?"

With that, he ended the call.

Upon hearing the dull beep of the disconnected line, Serena felt her eyes burn with unshed tears.

Years ago, when she had gastric perforation, Zach had held her in his arms and cried for a long time after she woke up from surgery.

She still remembered how he had knelt beside her hospital bed-a man so tall yet curled up like a lost, helpless dog. He had buried his face in her neck, his voice hoarse with anguish.

"Rena, it hurts. Every second you were in that operating room, I felt like I was being torn apart. Do you know? You are my life."

That same man, who once treated her as his whole world, now dismissed her pain as nothing more than a childish tantrum.

When disappointment turned into despair, there was nothing left to feel. Clenching her teeth, she endured the agony long enough to dial 911.

By the time she was taken out of the ambulance, the pain had nearly made her lose consciousness. Through the haze, she heard a familiar voice.

"Wendy, are you cold? Hold onto my neck."

She struggled to turn her head.

Through the gaps between the bustling medical staff, she caught sight of Zach. Dressed in a black dress shirt, he strode forward quickly, his tall frame exuding urgency.

Wendy was wrapped in a gray blanket, her delicate hands clinging to his neck as she nestled against his chin. She whispered something, and he lowered his head with a soft, affectionate smile.

The hospital corridor was chaotic, but in his eyes, there was only Wendy.

Serena watched as he shielded her, carefully helping her into a car.

She watched as the familiar Cayenne sped away.

Lying on the cold examination table, Serena shivered. Her sweat-soaked clothes clung to her, sending chills deep into her bones.

She numbly went through the treatment.

discomfort made her retch violently, tears streaming

a temporary hospital room and hooked up to an IV, it was

with another nurse. "Do you know who that couple in the ER

was really handsome," the

Foster, CEO of

of Foster Group? I saw him wiping that woman's face and

unfaithful, but I think they just haven't found the right one. Dr. Sutton was even called to the VIP suite. That

wearing pajamas.

slowly pulled the blanket tighter around herself, but she

to check the IV drip before offering a kind suggestion. "Miss, you should call a family member. With your condition, you need

weak smile. "He's

She simply closed the door and left. From

gastric perforation, and no one cares. The other? An asthma attack and

closed her

night, she slept

she woke up the next morning, sunlight was already streaming through the window. She suddenly remembered her appointment and hurried to

flooded with unread

Jansen's disinfectant spray, Zach's bed is so big, so

on me. You should eat more. Zach likes it when

never thought I'd be the first one to sleep in Zach's bed

made me chicken soup. He searched for the recipe himself. How

the very bottom was a

floor, tangled with a wrinkled pair of pink

never

after returning from the hospital last night, they still had the energy to

How... passionate.

her chest. She swallowed her nausea and

the pain had dulled. However, when she got out

herself against the wall, she walked to the nurse's station and insisted on being

soon as she got into a cab, her phone rang. Zach's name flashed on the

now. I sent

commanding tone. It was as if no matter what had happened, she would always