When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 131

Chapter 131



The following day, I went to the hospital to see Warren. He seemed irked upon learning that Eliana had spilled the beans about the experimental drug. "Can't tell a cold capsule from an anti-inflammatory, and she's sending you over?" he scoffed.

"I mentioned it just once, and she remembered. She's got a good memory and cares about me," I defended.

Warren quickly skimmed through my medical report and took off his glasses more dramatically than usual.

"Melanie, the radiation you were exposed to last time has me worried," he confessed, his tone grave.

That was the first time I'd seen him without his glasses, and he seemed more authoritative, his balding head notwithstanding.

Sitting across from him, I felt a twinge of anxiety. "Is it coming back?"

uncertain, but the odds aren't great." He didn't sugarcoat his words, especially when indicating

uncover the truth behind my father's death. But then, even my survival

might crash any minute. I think you should

gravity. I knew my situation was dire. I did some digging myself. Radiation from those stones had led to leukemia and cancer in many miners. My exposure might've been brief, but as

silent, and Warren

a big deal. I had to talk with someone, but I

I shook my

everything. And with my condition public knowledge,

pondered and then pulled out a document. "This is an experimental drug from Aurora Labs I've been working on.

of unfamiliar medical

"Aside from vomiting, fainting, and nosebleeds, it might affect your central nervous system, but we're unclear on the specifics." "Could it trigger

It's used to

that, I breathed a sigh of relief. If Warren

I want to give it a

е

I was all in. After