Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 559 Just Two Centimeters Away

As expected, there was no response. Wesley pushed the door open.

The room’s windows were tightly shut, with the air conditioning running to circulate the air, preventing the salty sea breeze from disturbing the person lying on the bed.

She had been in a coma and had never opened her eyes for the past half month. Due to severe injuries and excessive blood loss, her face was still as pale as paper, even though she received a lot of blood on the day of the rescue.

Wesley had timed his visit well. The infusion bottle she was receiving had just finished. He removed the needle from the empty bottle and replaced it with the one he had brought He adjusted the drip rate to continue supplying her body with the energy needed to sustain her life.

Amaid was about to wipe her cheeks and hands, but wesley indicated that he would do it. The maid silently withdrew.

He dipped a clean towel in the warm water and wrung it out before gently wiping Emelie’s lifeless–looking face.

She had a charming tace. Even in her frail, pale, and sickly state, she was still gorgeous. Her nose was delicate and well–defined.

Elders used to say that people with straight noses had stubborn temperaments and preferred to break rather than bend. This seemed to hold some truth.

wouldn’t have ended up this way.

were also wounds there. It was clearly from a knife. The cuts were deep and had almost

Wesley checked her pulse, and his mind flashed back to

a loud splash as Emelie was thrown into the

or even try to save herself. Blood spread from her chest and dyed the water around her a hint red

pushed her downward, threatening to make her disappear into the depths of

was silent and ethereal yet filled with a despair that bridged Ille and death.

there was another splash. Wesley dove into

there was a beam of light following him, like a

too fast, and he struggled to keep up. Just as both of their physical limits were reached, he finally grasped her hand. Wesley heard

a mermaid, smoothly flipped and swam

who was soaked and unconscious, leaning against him. His entire world turned dark when

that saving Emelie was the priority, he would have gone to

was that after a day and night of emergency treatment, he managed

just two centimeters away from her heart.