Is there anything special about the way it looks?”
“He didn‘t say.
He said it was with you, but I guess he was wrong.”
Wanda’s eyes twinkled with a hint of slyness.
“I bet his deepest secret is hidden inside of that box.
Who do you think could‘ve taken it?”
“I didn‘t even know about a maroon box before you mentioned it to me.
If I knew about it, then I would’ve already used it to threaten him.
.”
“Hahaha!
He thinks you‘ve got the box.
If you revealed that it isn‘t with you, then he won‘t be afraid of you anymore.”
She changed her tone and said, “We‘re on the same boat now, Tierney.
If you don‘t guarantee my safety, then I‘ll tell him that the box isn‘t with you at all!”
“You truly are skilled and ruthless, Wanda Tate!”
“I don‘t have a choice.
I was forced into this.”
Wanda‘s strained mood relaxed.
“Let‘s look for that box moving forward.
I‘m looking forward to a great partnership.”
At three in the morning, there was news that the city‘s blood bank received a bag filled with a little over a pint of suitable blood.
The tests found that the blood was a match for Robert, and that it was non–toxic.
The blood was immediately sent to the hospital where Robert was staying.
The attending doctor was overcome with joy and quickly sent a message to Elyette and Averie.
Averie had trouble sleeping recently, and she immediately woke up when she received the message.
After reading the text, she thought she was dreaming.
Just as she was about to call the doctor, she received a call from Mike.
When she answered the call, Mike‘s clear and powerful voice came through the phone.
“I‘m sorry Averie!
The blood I found was a match for Robert, but it wasn‘t clean.
Averie’s heart tightened as she was filled with a sense of loss. She had just seen the doctor’s text message before Mike called, but did not even have time to be happy before bad news came her way. “It’s alright,” she muttered. “I’ll give the hospital a call. ”
“Okay.
Did I wake you?”
“You didn’t.
I was already up.
Thanks for working so hard the past few days.”
Averie threw back the covers and got out of bed.
She planned to go to the hospital right away.
“By the way, the blood bank sent over a little over half a pint of blood just now.
I think that should be enough.”
“That’s great!
If that’s the case, then I’ll get ready to head back,” Mike said.
“Alright.
I’m going to the hospital to check things out now.”
“Okay.
Please take care of yourself!
Don’t pass out before Robert gets better,” Mike instructed.
“I shouldn’t call you at this time, but I wouldn’t have been at ease unless I did.”
“I wasn’t sleeping that well anyway.”
Averie said a few more words to him, then hung up the phone.
She checked the weather before she left the house.
It was thirty degrees out, and it was going to snow.
Every time she saw snow, or even the word “snow”, she would be reminded of the passionate love that she shared with Elyette.
After all the years that had gone by, the two of them were still closely linked.
It would be perfect if Robert could get better.
Averie took a long jacket from the closet, wrapped herself up in layers, then walked out of the villa’s doors.
She was met by the winter breeze and wrinkled her nose from the cold.
She opened the door to the car and nestled into her seat.
In an instant, the cold air was kept out.
She started the car and stared blankly at the darkness ahead of her as she waited for the car to warm up.
It was not every day that she was having trouble sleeping.
Her body was weak after giving birth, so she could easily fall asleep most of the time.
The reason why she could not sleep tonight was because Elyette’s emotional breakdown at the hospital earlier left her unable to calm down.
Every time she closed her eyes, his miserable sobbing face would enter her mind.
No matter how many times she had chastised him?
f broken up with him, it was still difficult for her to ignore her love for him that was buried deep inside her heart.
How could she bring herself to cruelly blame Elyette for Robert’s condition?
How could he possibly hope for his own son to die prematurely?
She was half the reason for his breakdown tonight.
At three in the morning, the hustle and bustle had left the city.
Averie arrived at the hospital after a smooth journey on the road.
She had just entered the neonatal unit when she saw Elyette’s tall silhouette.
She sent him back to the hotel to rest earlier in the evening.
She thought that he could finally get some sleep, but he ended up arriving earlier than she did.
“They’ve started the blood transfusion.”
The exhaustion had not vanished from Elyette’s face, but his eyes were sparkling.
“Mike said that the blood he found wasn’t clean, so we only have a little over a pint of blood for now.
The doctor said we could give it a try.
Half a pint of blood isn’t a small amount, after all.”
Averie nodded her head and said, “Did the doctor call you or send you a text?”
“He texted me.”
“Were you still awake?”
“I was asleep, but I set up a notification for text messages.”
Elyette examined her face, then said, “Didn’t you sleep?”
“I couldn’t sleep.”
Averie met his gaze and saw how bloodshot his eyes were, then asked, “Are you feeling better now?”
An unnatural embarrassment flashed across Elyette’s eyes.
“Are you feeling embarrassed now?”
Averie could not help but tease him.
“There were so many doctors and nurses around at the time.
Your subordinates, too…” “Don’t remind me.”
Elyette’s Adam’s apple bobbed in his throat as his handsome face turned pink.
“I’m not usually like that.
Besides, they should understand my current situation.”
“Nobody was laughing at you.”
Averie held his hand and led him over to a bench to sit down.”
You’ve already done your best.
Even if the result isn’t what we wanted, I won’t blame you.”
It was as if she was saying that she had already prepared herself for the worst.
He, however, was not ready.
Elyette could not accept his son leaving this world, because he was the one who forced Averie to have this child. From the moment of conception, to the countless check–ups and his eventual birth, Elyette had poured in all his affection to this child.
“If anything happens to Robert, even if you don‘t blame me, I still wouldn‘t bother you ever again.
”
“Nor would I bother the kids,” he thought to himself, but did not say these words.
Hayden and Layla did not acknowledge him as their father.
Even if there was nothing left but a piece of glass between them, Elyette had a feeling that the two children might never acknowledge him.
His words made Averie feel peculiarly upset.
Robert was still alive!
They were talking as if he was already dead.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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