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.

constant validation from him, a reminder that she

forgotten and longed to be

had once driven her

risked everything to save her, Rachel realized that even if she stopped acting out, Chandler would

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to fend for

wrong she had been. She thought of Meryl and realized

her thoughts spiraled, Rachel's eyes began to

to bear. After a long, harrowing night,

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

"If you dare

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later, Meryl slowly opened her

sleep had been deep, the kind where time slipped away

a side effect from the car

to the hospital last night and going into surgery. She had been conscious when they

remembered lying on the operating table as the anesthetic

her stomach was now flat.

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her head, searching for her child. But the crib beside

to the

woman with a kind face

awake, Mrs. Aniston. How are

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

at the unfamiliar face, her eyes

confusion.

a baby boy," Griselda said with a smile. "But he was born prematurely and

normal for premature babies to be placed in an incubator. *. If there was

that meant no bad

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the past night's events had drained her

the room,

expression darkened.

Aniston had something urgent to attend to. He's

Meryl's heart tightened.

what could be more important than

knew it

days, Chandler had been searching

her eyes, Meryl felt an overwhelming

didn't feel it was something

she needed him most, neither during the accident nor after

felt deeply disappointed

her eyes. For the first time, Meryl questioned her place in Chandler's

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calm. Perhaps the past night's events

the room, she

expression darkened.

Aniston had something urgent to attend to. He's not here," Griselda replied. Meryl's heart

could be more important than