When Ella opened her eyes again, the first thing she saw was the pristine white ceiling of the hospital room. The moment her eyes fluttered open, a sharp pain shot through her calf.
Frowning, she propped herself up and forced herself to sit.
The door was pushed open and the nurse walked in, then she poured a glass of water for her.
Ella lowered her head and took a sip of water. She heard the nurse say, "Did you not tell your parents about the accident? I don't think anyone has come to visit you in the past few days. Where's your husband? I didn't see him either. Don't you know that the female patient's husband next door visits her every day...”
A touch of bitterness flashed in Ella's eyes. “My husband and I are divorced ...”
The nurse, who was changing her IV needle, paused her movement and asked in surprise, "At your age, you're getting a divorce? Don't you consider your child's feelings?”
“I don't...” she murmured.
Once the nurse finished changing the needle and left, Ella picked up her phone to order some food. Only then, she noticed Danny had sent her a message and the last one was two days prior. After that, nothing.
Her grip on the phone tightened as a wave of indescribable bitterness rose in her throat.
Just as she was about to place her order, Danny messaged her again.
[Just because I didn’t let you move into the new house, you decide to disappear?]
[Ella, that disappearing act doesn’t work on me. I already explained why there’s no room for you in the new place. I’m not wasting my time repeating myself.]
[I remember that you know how to make bone broth. Make a pot today and bring it to Room 3511 at Wellness Hospital. It would be best to deliver it before one o'clock in the afternoon.]
Ella stared blankly at the message Danny had sent to her until the ward number caught her attention. She then froze for a moment.
She was in Room 3512, the last room on this floor. That meant the only room next to hers was 3511. So, the person the nurse mentioned visiting daily must be ...
The thought that she had been lying here for two days, while Danny hadn't come even once to see her but visited the patient next door, Sarah, every single day, sent waves of sharp pain rippling through her heart.
When she didn’t reply, Danny called.
He hadn't made a single call when he couldn't reach her days ago, yet now he was frantic about Sarah not getting her soup.
Enough was enough.
She immediately got out of bed and headed for the door.
In the ward net door, as Sarah looked at Danny peeling an apple for her, a plan began to form in her mind.
"Danny … my hand … it still hurts. Could you feed me?"
Danny paused and nodded.
Sarah immediately became happy and opened her mouth expectantly.
This was exactly the scene Ella witnessed when she entered the room. She clenched her palms fiercely and told herself to calm down.
Seeing her, Danny immediately withdrew his hand.
"Why are you here so fast? Is the soup ready?"
Hearing him mention bone broth, Ella sneered and limped toward him.
Only then did Danny notice the large bandage on her left calf. Instantly, he heard her voice hiss in his ear. “Danny Sinclair, how dare you accuse me of deliberately disappearing? For two whole days, I was lying in the next hospital room! And you? Did you even come to see me once?”
After taking several deep breaths, Ella composed herself and said calmly, “You didn't.”
Danny staggered slightly and clenched his fists unconsciously, “I...”
“If you’d cared even a little,” she continued, “And asked a few more questions ... you’d have known that the other person hit by the falling light that day… was me.”
He swayed slightly and a flicker of shock flashed in his eyes.
"Ella, let me explain. I... I didn't know. I didn't know you followed me to that seminar. If I had known ...”
“What difference would it have made?” Ella sneered. “Would you have stayed by my side? When trouble struck, you'd still rush to protect your precious junior sister, wouldn't you?”
His face darkened. “Don't talk nonsense! We, Sarah and I, are not what you think!"
A flash of mockery flickered in Ella's eyes and a disbelief look appeared on her face.
Danny wanted to say something, but the phone rang suddenly and he had to go out and answer the phone first.
“I'll explain everything to you later.” With those words, he hurriedly left the hospital room.
The moment the door closed, the air in the room went cold.
Ella turned to leave, but Sarah’s voice cut through the air behind her. “I’m dying to know... when exactly do you plan to divorce him, Ella?"
Her bluntness caught Ella off guard.
Sarah kept provoking her. “He doesn’t love you anymore. Your marriage is nothing but an empty shell now. It’ll shatter completely soon.”
Ella turned and glared at her coldly. “So what? Even if it's an empty shell, I'm still his legal wife. Who do you think you are to talk back to me?”
Ella did not pay any attention to her, but the moment she turned around, she heard her say, It's just a hollow title. As long as his love remains with me, this position will be mine someday. Care to bet on it?”
Ella was taken aback for a moment and frowned slightly.
Before she could react, a thud sounded behind her. Sarah had deliberately rolled out the bed.
At that moment, Danny pushed open the door and walked in.
Realizing what Sarah had done, Ella's heart clenched. Her voice was tense. “It wasn’t me, I...”
But before she could finish, he shoved her violently aside. The torn wound instantly stained the gauze red and cold sweat broke out on her forehead from the pain.
Behind her, she could hear Danny’s accusatory voice, "When did you become so unreasonable, Ella?”
