“What do you mean it wasn’t sessful?”


    Yara looked just as stunned. She grabbed the doctor, her voice sharp, derranding the answers I


    was t afraid to ask


    “You can go in and see for yourselves,” he said, giving us nothing but a cold response.


    Vara didn’t let go, pushing for more, but it was the assistant doctor who spoke up. “The back of his


    skul was severely crushed. We repaired the fracture, but the brain hemorrhaging was


    uncontroble, with multiple active bleed sites. You should see him now–there’s very little time


    left.”


    Vara finally released her grip on the doctor’s arm.


    She was trying to stayposed, but her body shook as she took a step forward. Then she


    stopped, she’d remembered something, and turned back to help me stand, leading me into the


    room.


    The bright lights inside were blinding, almost painful to my eyes.


    Hayden was lying there in a surgical gown, an oxygen mask over his face, and his head wrapped in


    bandages.


    I couldn’t bring myself to move closer.


    It was Yara who spoke up. “Say what you need to say, because… you might not get another


    chance.”


    Her strength was unreal–she had already epted the fact that Hayden’s surgery had failed.


    She guided me to his bedside. I looked down at him. Hayden’s eyes were closed, his face still, like


    he was just sleeping.


    Before, I used to love watching him sleep–his calm, handsome face, the way I could be bold and


    fearless with him. But now, seeing him like this, all I f


    was terror.


    “Hayden,” Yara whispered, her voice breaking.


    Hayden stayed still, and fear gripped me. I couldn’t bring myself to reach for his hand.


    “Hayden, wake up. Keira’s here,” Yara called again.


    This time, I saw his eyelids flicker, then slowly open. His eyes focused for a few seconds, then


    locked onto mine. There was no coldness, no distance, no indifference. His eyes were filled with the


    kind of tenderness I thought I’d lost forever.


    And just like that, the dam inside me broke. Tears rushed down my face, unstoppable. I wanted to


    say something–anything–but my throat was tight. I couldn’t get the words out.


    Then his hand touched my face. My sobs tore through me, louder, rawer than before.


    His touch was so warm and gentle as he wiped my tears away, just like he used to, like everything


    was going to be okay.


    But it wasn’t. It was all slipping away.


    “Keira, don’t just cry,” Yara reminded me. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org.


    I didn’t want to cry, but I couldn’t stop it Swallowing the lump in my throat, clung to Hayden’s hand–


    the


    cheek–and one still brushing against my cheek and blurted. “Hayden, you jerk


    Vara froze, her eves wide, like she couldn’t believe nd just dropped that in the middle of all this


    But then, Ryden smiled it was the kind of smile that made everything feel bright was waking up


    again


    ke the world is


    His eyshes fluttered. Ike he wanted to say something but his los couldn’t quite move


    Panic took over, and I clung to his hand, pressing it harder against my cheek. “You’re a man–you


    don’t break promises. You said we’d have a wedding. You said we’d build a house together. You


    can’t leave me without giving me that. Get up Take me with you


    “Hayden, wake up. Please wake up and hold me. I miss your arms so much…


    “Hayden, just say something. Anything…


    Yara chimed in, “Hayden, you want to take off the oxygen mask?”


    His eyes closed, then flickered open again. Yara nced at me, then gently removed the mask from


    his face. His mouth parted just a little.


    “Come closer to him,” Vara urged me.


    I leaned in my cheek brushing his, and his lips grazed my ear. “No don’t go to the Johnstons


    I pressed closer, desperate to hear him, but the rest of his sentence faded away.