Gideon gently hugged me. “Emma, take care of yourself first. I will definitely avenge your mom.”
I nodded softly. In Gideon’s arms, I felt a sense of security I had never felt before.
***
Darius got out of bed, put on his clothes and was about to leave.
Camilla reached out from under the blankets and grabbed his arm.
“Darius, aren’t you going to stay with me today?”
Darius put on his clothes and said indifferently, “I’ve already stayed with you for a week. Now I need to go to the hospital to check on Emma.”
Camilla cried. “But my dog died and I’m still very sad.”
Hearing this, Darius frowned.
In the past, whenever Camilla cried, Darius would feel so sorry for her that he would fulfill all her wishes. But now Darius felt inexplicably annoyed.
Camilla cried too easily and he had to comfort her dozens of times a day.
At first, Darius thought she was delicate and he always felt a strong urge to protect her.
But now, he wondered if she was being too dramatic. All this negativity was starting to affect his mood. He couldn’t help but think of me.
In comparison, I seemed much stronger and more composed.
Darius felt a pang of guilt, thinking that leaving me alone at the hospital to take care of the patient wasn’t right.
So he hurriedly put on his clothes and went to see me. Camilla jumped off the bed and wrapped her arms around his waist from behind.
“Darius, can you stay with me for just one more day?”
Darius shook his head firmly and prised her hands away.
“No, today is my wedding anniversary with Emma. I have to be with her.”
Upon hearing this, Camilla’s face turned gloomy. She bit her lip angrily, then pouted.
“Darius, you’ve already divorced Emma, right? Can we get married?”
Darius suddenly turned around and stared intently at Camilla.
Camilla was startled by his gaze and shrunk back onto the bed.
Darius said thoughtfully, “Camilla, Emma and I will never divorce. She is irreplaceable in my heart.”
“I can give you money and a job, but don’t harbor any other fantasies.”
After that, Darius left her.
Camilla angrily smashed a pile of things.
***
[Emma, I made a reservation at the best restaurant. Today we…]
Darius stopped mid-sentence, suddenly frozen in place.
He held the flowers and stared blankly at the empty hospital bed. He turned around and grabbed a nurse.
“Where is she?”
The nurse shook her head in panic. “I don’t know, Sir.”
He thought I ran as if I were running away from him.
Darius was a bit angry. “Discharged? Without notifying me? Emma, you’re getting more and more outrageous.”
He dialed my number but found that I had blocked him.
Darius suddenly felt a bit panicked. Because this never happened before.
He suddenly remembered that I had once asked him to sign a divorce agreement.
“Emma, you’re not really going to divorce me, are you? No, you’re just trying to scare me into giving in. Hmph, let me tell you, there’s no way I’m giving in.”
As Darius was talking to himself, a cleaning staff member named Steve, who was passing by, glanced at him and reminded him, “Don’t wait; the patient in this bed has already died.”
Darius was startled. “What did you say?”
Steve answered, “Not only did the patient die, but the pregnant woman who was accompanying her also had a miscarriage.”
“No one in the entire hospital dared to help. It was terrible, Sir.”
Darius grabbed Steve by the collar like a madman.
“How is that possible? You must be lying to me!”
