Chapter 139

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Lily's grip on Hayden's hand tightened. "What do you mean by that?"

"Lily, I'm in so much pain." He couldn't muster the strength to hold her hand in return. His face was worn and haggard. "Every time I close my eyes, all I see is that person lying in a pool of blood..." Suddenly, he yanked his hand away and began hitting his head forcefully. "I deserve to die! Why did I have to go out that day? She wouldn't have died if it weren't for me!"

Lily immediately stood up and grabbed his wrists to stop him, but his violent movements caused her to sway. Tears spilled from her eyes as they splashed onto her clothes and his hands.

"It would've been someone else even if it wasn't you that day. She was deliberately looking for an accident. Do you understand? Her family has already admitted it..."

"No! Maybe... if she had been given more time, she might have changed her mind. She might have decided to face her illness and live..." Hayden was already trapped in a spiral of despair.

He often imagined himself in the worst state. He would rather believe that the victim could have escaped her obsessive mindset than in his innocence.

struggled with

have hit her if I had driven just a little slower! She wouldn't have died if I had swerved and crashed into

another. He clutched his head in

equally disheveled as she collapsed onto the bed, holding his hands as tightly as possible. "Hayden, please don't scare me.

calm him down, but Hayden remained mired in his pain no matter what

Her words were unable to reach him

my fault. I'm a murderer. I should go to prison. I deserve to rot in prison." Hayden suddenly leaped off the bed as he spoke. The momenturn caused Lily, who was holding his hands, to stumble. She was forcibly dragged off

strength for support and pressed the

hospital floor instantly erupted

Hayden's labored breathing and murmurs, and Lily's pounding heartbeat surged into Lily's mind

in with a few doctors, who restrained Hayden and

can trust Dr. Dawson" The resident doctor hurriedly led

led Lily ou

out of the ward.

regained her senses and grabbed the resident doctor's arm. "Didn't you say his condition was improving?

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