Love Coming from the Least Expected

“Christopher!” I called out as I forced myself to sit up. I leaned against the backrest and stared at the guy without blinking. If I must die in the next few minutes, then I want to at least etch this man’s face in my mind.

I scanned his face while calling out to him. Christopher actually wanted me to call him Chris or darling, but I preferred calling him Christopher. That name carried a different meaning in my heart because that was what I called him when we first met. It got me feeling warm and fuzzy, and safe.

Christopher carried me out of the car and ran toward the hospital. Lyle rushed over as well. He probably never anticipated that his attempted rape would get me to vomit blood and might even kill me. Hence, he looked like he was scared out of his wits

lifted his leg to kick Lyle aside. After that, the former rushed toward the

think I will ever get tired of watching you, even if I spend my entire life doing so. What should

and stare at me

standing by to examine my condition, but I didn’t want to let Christopher go. I kept holding

I won’t budge. Be good and cooperate with the doctor. We will be out of here soon,” promised Christopher as he held my

to even blink. My eyes remained open until the doctor gave me some sedatives. That got my eyelids heavy, and my vision blurred, but I never let go of his hand. I demanded unreasonably, “Chris, you’re not allowed to slip away, okay? I want you to be the first person I

for you to wake up so we can have a grand wedding reception. You’re not allowed

dripping onto the back of my hand before they rolled down. It was so hot that I felt like it might

when a bullet tore through him. He’s not a crybaby, so don’t cry, okay?” I cooed. I tried to reach out to caress his face, but I missed him

it was obvious that he was suppressing his sobs when he lied, “I’m not crying. My eyes are just watery because some dust flew into them. This is all your fault, you know? You can’t even walk right, and I had to carry you, so I couldn’t protect my eyes from that gust of dusty wind. I will have

like it when you tease

because of the medication, but I lost my vision once more. Darkness filled my eyes. Unfortunately, just before I lost my sight, I saw Lyle barging into the emergency room. I