Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 693 I Won't Forgive You

Seeing Rachel's cracked lips, Chandler quickly took out a bottle of water.

He poured a bit and dabbed it gently on her lips to moisten them. Then, he used a wet tissue to wipe the blood from her forehead. Last night, Rachel had begged Daniel endlessly, pleading for her life.

Blood had trickled from her forehead into her eyes, leaving a streak that made her look utterly defeated and blurring her line of sight.

"I think I'm not going to make it," Rachel murmured, her voice trembling with pain.

Her body ached unbearably, and a tear slipped from the corner of her eye.

"Chandler, I'm sorry for being such a burden to you all these years."

Chandler's expression softened as a hint of sympathy flashed through his eyes. "Don't talk like that. You're still young. You'll" be fine." He had grown up with Rachel, and seeing her in this state tore at

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Rachel seemed like she wanted to say more, but exhaustion overwhelmed her.

She shut her eyes, longing for even a moment's rest.

Chandler frowned, unwilling to let her drift away. He nudged her, trying to keep her awake.

"Rachel, listen to me. Meryl gave birth last night. She's in the hospital now. I'm a father."

Chandler began chatting with Rachel, hoping the news would grab her attention and keep her conscious.

"But before the baby was born, Meryl was in a car accident. The child came early and is in an incubator now," he added.

Rachel's eyes fluttered open again as she processed his words.

She thought to herself, "Meryl had a car accident?

So Chandler left her to rescue me?"

Chandler's voice faltered for a moment before he continued, "Do you think Meryl will be disappointed in me when she wakes up and finds I wasn't there for her?

*. "But I couldn't just leave you. I'm responsible for you. When I heard you were in danger, I couldn't turn my back on you."

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Chandler's bloodshot eyes betrayed his exhaustion. He hadn't 'slept since the night before, and the strain showed in every line on his face.

"I owe your brother my life. That's why I've taken care of you all these years. Rachel, I've always seen you as a little sister. Can you stop being so reckless from now on?" Chandler said earnestly. Rachel stared at him, her gaze unwavering as his words sunk in.

She thought bitterly, "Reckless?

Yes, if I hadn't been reckless, I wouldn't have been kidnapped and had a kidney taken."

Conflicted, Rachel couldn't help but reflect.

She had clung to Chandler, hoping he would notice her.

Chandler was the only connection she had left in this world.

needed constant validation from him, a reminder that she mattered to

being forgotten and longed

sense of abandonment had once driven her to

everything to save her, Rachel realized that even if she

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to

been.

Rachel's

too much to bear. After a long, harrowing night, all she

her cheek. "Don't fall asleep. If Meryl misunderstands me, I'll need you to

"If you dare to die, I'll never forgive

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slowly opened her eyes in the hospital

had been deep, the kind where time slipped away

side effect

the hospital last night and going into surgery.

table as the anesthetic was administered. Darkness had consumed her

Meryl noticed her stomach

Won't Forgive You realized that the baby

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for her child. But

to

middle-aged woman with a

are you feeling?"

Griselda Cortez, a caregiver Chandler had arranged to look after Meryl before he left. She looked to be in her forties. Meryl had just given birth and needed someone

at the unfamiliar face, her eyes

confusion.

You've had a baby boy," Griselda said with a smile. "But he was

be placed in an incubator. *. If there was

meant no

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strangely calm. Perhaps the past night's events had

across the room, she noticed that Chandler wasn't

darkened. "Where

urgent to attend to.

Meryl's heart tightened.

be more

knew it had to be about

Chandler had been

her eyes, Meryl felt an overwhelming sense of

it was something a good husband

most, neither during the accident nor

felt deeply disappointed in

time, Meryl questioned her place in Chandler's heart.

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calm. Perhaps the past night's

her gaze swept across the

darkened. "Where

urgent to attend to. He's not here," Griselda replied. Meryl's

couldn't understand what could be more