Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 193 Repay His Sacrifice

Five minutes later. Paulo held an emergency meeting with several doctors and nurses. Roman attended the meeting too. Having discussed the plan previously, they quickly confirmed their respective roles and set off to take action.

Twenty minutes later, two nurses entered with Erin’s meal, knowing that Erin was hiding but pretending not to see her.

The nurse with long hair called out, “Miss Lane? Where are you?”

Erin heard her from her hiding spot, but she neither showed herself nor made a sound. She didn’t feel like seeing anyone at the moment.

The nurse with short hair said, “Stop calling for her. Maybe she’s in the restroom. Did you know we have a new patient in the ward today? You must have heard of the famous actor, Roman. Oh my, it’s such a pity! I heard Roman suffered extensive burns on his legs and even on his face by accident. It’s really unlucky for an actor because their face is as important as their acting skills.”

“Yeah, I heard about it too. He’s under the care of Dr. Zenith right now. This morning, they had a heated argument because Roman was informed it would take at least a year to treat his burns. Roman couldn’t accept it, and he got quite emotional-” The nurse with long hair was interrupted as a man in a wheelchair suddenly rushed into the ward. The man in the wheelchair was none other than Roman.

Erin, who had been hiding underneath the blanket, fervently wished for the nurses delivering the meal to leave quickly. Therefore, she listened carefully to the conversation between the two nurses to see when they would be making a move.

When she heard the name “Roman,” she thought she misheard or that it could be someone with the same name. But the nurses not only mentioned Roman’s name once, but they also referred to him as a “famous actor.” It could only be the Roman she knew!

Erin almost impulsively wanted to come out and ask the nurses about it, but she realized her face was now completely exposed with the ghastly and horrifying burn scars clearly visible. Apart from the blanket she put over her head, she had nothing else to conceal her face

from view.

Right then, Roman saw a corner of Erin’s blanket exposed from a distance, and the sight of it tugged at his heartstrings melancholically.

asked the two nurses in Erin’s ward agitatedly. “Hey, you there! Can you tell me where

with long hair responded, “Mr. Blair, please calm down. Why don’t we go

him for me! I’ll wait for him here!”

the nurses immediately left to find the

would appear in her ward. Her emotions were extremely conflicted and complicated. On one hand, she wanted to reveal her identity to him, to

Roman told

still as a statue, as she was afraid of being discovered by him. Although there was a distance of about sixty feet between them, Roman felt that

else she knew.

her son. Roman could tell how fearful and inferior she fell to even stay away from her own son. Thinking of

for all the misfortunes Erin had to go through.

for that phone call where he concealed the truth from her. Why didn’t he speak up back then?

details of her crimes in the detention center, Roman found out that Jack

was to be blamed for Erin’s kidnapping–he, Chandler, Sean, Alana–everyone who knew the truth and deliberately withheld it was

looking back at the past and hanging on to it was meaningless. No one could turn back time to rectify this mistake.

sense of guilt and remorse. Roman lived an extremely repressed life. Ever since Erin vanished, he hadn’t taken up any roles. He constantly searched for her. There were times when he lost faith and fell into despair. He,

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stepped out of his personal hell. He

to his acting career. He’d become somewhat unable to distinguish between reality and illusion,

wasn’t until the arrest and death of the serial killers, Tessa and Jack, coupled with the return of Erin’s son, that Roman regained a glimmer of hope. He began to feel hopeful that Erin might still be

in his outlook. This went on until over a month ago when Paulo

contacted him.

Erin

he learned about Erin’s current situation, he felt like he had fallen into an abyss yet again. The photos taken during Erin’s treatment showing her recovery progress made him feel as if bits and

together at DragonSky Studios in Fleuverton. After Roman found out about Erin’s state, he didn’t sleep for three days and nights. Whenever he closed his eyes, all he could see in his mind was Erin’s smiling