Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 211

As the door to the hospital room slowly creaked open, the dim lights revealed Giselle lying pale and unconscious on the bed. Her right arm was wrapped in layers of bandages, and an IV drip was attached to her hand, a stark reminder of her recent ordeal with blood loss.

Lysander sat quietly beside her, lost in thought.

After what seemed like an eternity, Giselle's eyelashes fluttered as she slowly regained consciousness. Her eyes, still clouded with confusion, met Lysander's.

"Lysander?"

"Yes, I'm here," he replied softly.

Giselle managed a faint smile, though her eyes were red-rimmed, her voice barely above a whisper. "I thought you wouldn't come."

"I promised you, didn't I?"

"Yes, you did," she replied, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. Suddenly, she asked with a weak laugh, "Lysander, how long have we known each other?"

Lysander paused, thinking back. "It must be twenty years now."

with a surprising precision. Lysander

etched in my memory," she

Lysander remained silent.

the first time we met?"

replied,

I was a few months older than you," Giselle recalled, a small laugh

wood back then. I was curious about your wooden sculptures, tried to pick one up, and you pushed me away. I broke a few of them, and we almost ended up fighting. It

smiling at the

guilty for touching something you cherished. My mom and I went out to buy some wooden carvings as an apology.

even college, we were

tire, her gaze drifting to the sterile white ceiling. Suddenly, she asked, "Lysander, do you

was caught off guard, unsure

I had given up studying

enveloped them, broken only by Giselle's quiet sobs. Eventually, she whispered, "It doesn't matter.

her tears, but hesitated. Giselle grasped

don't leave, okay?" she

hesitated, his emotions in