Loving You In Secret

Chapter 17

Sheila was rushed to the hospital shortly after. Just as she was taken to the ward, she spotted a group of doctors wheeling someone on the bed out of the emergency room. With the doctors standing in the way, she could not see the patient’s face and only heard the doctors whispering to one another as she went past them.

“Have you managed to reach the patient’s family?”

“Not yet. She didn’t have that many contacts on her phone to begin with… We tried calling the person she called most recently, but no one has picked up so far.”

“Oh, dear. I pity her. She almost drowned to death, and she doesn’t even have a friend or a family member

with her…”

Sheila looked away carelessly.

Inside the ward, the doctor was treating Sheila’s wound when Tyler walked inside.

“How is she?” he asked.

“It’s just a scratch, so she’s alright. She should recover in a few days,” replied the doctor.

Tyler nodded.

Sheila looked at him longingly. “I’ve caused you trouble today, Tyler,” she muttered, her voice gentle and pleasant. “If it wasn’t for you, Miss Sparks wouldn’t have let me go that easily.”

Tyler remained expressionless. “It’s not your fault. Someone just decided to take it out on you.”

She was stunned for a moment but immediately realized what he meant by that. He had given his word and no one out there would dare to bully Sheila…or so it was supposed to be. It was clear that Maria was

determined to make Sheila suffer.

you

knew that despite playing around, he did not have many female friends, so she had not expected Tyler to act as though he had known

answer her question and simply said, “Rest. This

dress. He stared at her darkly as he warned her in the most devilish

you won’t ever escape

lifted her veil, revealing the determination in her eyes as they met his own.

and scattered memories crowded her

day of their wedding, she waited at home until midnight, but he never returned home and

night and wait for him to

occasions that he returned, they never

a single look in the eye, but she

her surroundings changed, and the man was strangling her with

her neck. Slowly running out of breath, Vicky choked and sensed that the end

away, and before her was a

finally awake, Vicky.” Someone approached her and asked,

slowly focused on the beautiful face before her.

man whom Vicky

don’t you recognize me?” He seemed to have concluded that Vicky lost her memories from drowning and blurted out, “I’ll call for

was in a car accident some time ago

were involved

feeling light–headed at

introduced himself, “Vicky, my name is

Vicky’s pale face filled Sebastian’s heart with regret and pain. “I’m sorry, Vicky.

Her head was spinning, and she could not even recall anything about the man standing

before her.

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decided not to mention the past again and asked hesitantly, “Vicky, why did you drown? Did you forget how to swim