“Monica, would you mind giving us a minute? I would like to have a word with Ms. Tanner.” Darius came in and told Monica.
“Darius, I…” Monica stood still, for she was unwilling to concede defeat.
“By the way, Dad called me just now and said he wanted to talk to you. Can you call him back?” Darius added.
The woman hesitated for a while but eventually left, though unwillingly. Deep down, I appreciated Darius’s help, for he had purposely sent Monica away to give me some time to be with Christopher. Also, he didn’t oppose the relationship between Christopher and me, or else he would probably stop me from seeing his brother.
I wanted to touch Christopher’s hand again but was careful not to mess with the drip. Darius came up to help me reach Christopher’s hand and said, “I’ll wait for you outside. However, you can’t stay here for a long time because the temperature here is low.”
I nodded while holding Christopher’s hand tightly. Once Darius closed the door, I kissed Christopher’s hand and said, “Christopher, we’ve survived. Although I can’t see you now and might never see you again, I’m so happy that we’ve endured the darkest days. Are you happy about it too?”
Even though I knew the man couldn’t respond, I continued talking to him. At the same time, I moved my fingers to draw his face in the air. I still remembered how good-looking he was even though I couldn’t see him now.
His face was probably pale, but I still remembered him as the perfect man.
“Don’t sleep for too long. I wish to have long conversations with you and try everything we have always wanted to do. If you continue sleeping, I will hardly be able to move around because no one is going to help me.”
Overwhelmed by the relief of surviving, I buried my face in his chest and sobbed. Meanwhile, I could feel his heart beating healthily.
“As they say, there is always a rainbow after the storm. I’m sure we’ll live happily ever after.”
If Christopher was awake, he would take me into his arms and land a slap on my buttocks when he saw me in such a state. When we were on the deserted island, he would do it to me and heart-wrenchingly say that he had to punish me for not listening to him.
After that, he would kiss me ferociously and coquettishly call me silly.
After staying beside him for a while, a doctor and a nurse came in to perform a check-up on him. When I asked the doctor about Christopher’s condition, I was told that the man was recovering quickly. Nevertheless, he needed a long time to recover fully, for his lower abdomen was injured due to wound infections.
With that, I put my mind at ease and returned to my ward with Darius. After a while, I unknowingly fell asleep on the bed. Darkness still surrounded me when I woke up, but I heard a man and a woman arguing loudly outside my ward.
“You can’t go in. The patient has to get enough rest.”
“Let me in! I want to ask the b*tch where she left Crystal. Both of them were on the deserted island. Why is she alive, yet Crystal is still missing?”
“Make way. The patient inside the ward is my daughter. Don’t I have the right to visit her?”
Then, someone banged on the door and yelled, “Yvonne, get out now and give Crystal back to me, or I’ll show you no mercy!”
I frowned once I recognized Natalie and Nathan’s voices. We were all in a desperate situation back then, yet they expected me to take care of Crystal, my so-called cousin.
“Mr. Tanner, your daughter is badly injured and needs to rest. Are you sure you want to continue making noises here?” Since the Lane family’s bodyguard couldn’t stop them from creating trouble, Darius came to the ward in person to persuade them.
“Apologies for the noise, Mr. Lane. We wish to meet our useless daughter and ask her about our niece’s whereabouts. Since I’m her mother, can you please let us in?”
While Natalie behaved aggressively, Nathan begged Darius for permission to enter the ward. After hesitating for a while, I stated loudly, “Darius, please let them in.”
