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.
The discomfort made her retch violently, tears streaming down
into a temporary hospital room and hooked up to an IV,
bed while chatting with another nurse. "Do you
idea, but that guy was really handsome," the other nurse
That's Zach Foster, CEO
that woman's face and hands, doting on her
VIP suite. That woman had a severe asthma attack and had to be put on a
wearing pajamas.
tighter around
suggestion. "Miss, you should call
"He's busy. He doesn't have
closed the door
One's suffering alone with a gastric perforation, and no one cares. The other? An
closed her
she
through the window. She suddenly remembered her appointment and hurried to grab
was flooded with unread messages-all from
spray, Zach's bed is
You should eat more. Zach likes it when he holds me and feels my
I'd be the first one to sleep in Zach's bed before you,
made me chicken soup. He searched for
bottom
discarded on the floor, tangled
pink. She had never bought anything in that
returning from the hospital last night, they still had the energy to be
How... passionate.
sharp pain stabbed through her chest. She swallowed her
but at least the pain had dulled. However, when she got out of
the nurse's station and insisted on being discharged. She didn't have time to rest in a
she got into a cab, her phone
out of the hotel now. I sent Morton
no matter what had happened, she would always be waiting for
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