Sweet Submission: Reclaiming Her Love

Chapter 50 Her Boyfriend

Corynn was in bad condition. She had burns of varying degrees on her back, arms, and legs, and to make matters worse, dirt and mud had caked all over her wounds, risking infection.

But fortunately, her life wasn’t in any immediate danger.

Elliot looked at his blood–stained palms in a daze. It was literally Corynn’s blood on his hands. He couldn’t imagine what she had endured in the last few hours, but judging from the charred remains of the fire, it was clear that someone had tried to burn her alive.

Just thinking about it made Elliot’s heart clench with a mix of fear, anxiety and rage.

The investigators at the scene later informed him that if Corynn hadn’t thought to dig a tunnel into the dirt to escape the fire, she wouldn’t have survived.

They also noted that Corynn was quite lucky because the wind had blown the smoke away from her instead of settling at the bottom of the pit. Otherwise, she would’ve suffocated to death.

When the door to the operating room opened and a nurse wheeled an unconscious Corynn out on a gurney, Elliot walked alongside them towards the ward. However, he stopped when he heard hurried footsteps behind

him.

Glancing over his shoulder, he saw that it was Corynn’s parents, so he chose not to follow them inside the ward.

that her parents hated him.

too anxious about their daughter’s safety, failed to notice Elliot standing nearby. They had been frantic ever since receiving the call from the hospital, and Shirley burst into tears upon seeing Corynn lying unconscious on the

eyes welled up with tears at the

couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that Corynn, who was perfectly

tried to reach for

her voice cracking. She gently stroked Corynn’s cheek, her hands shaking

uncontrollably.

universe so hell–bent on making her daughter suffer? It was so

the inconsolable Shirley into a warm

though his trembling voice betrayed his own anxious feelings. “The doctor said she’s going to be okay. Don’t

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50 Her

Elliot listened quietly to Corynn’s

warpath to track down those who dared to harm

eyes flashed with a fiercely

hell are you doing here?” Jason’s hostile voice

side for the past three years while he didn’t even know where she was