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The fact that he could make it here from the United States or Germany within two days was a miracle in itself.
And he managed to enter my room even before my parents, rescuing me from the clutches of Sam Robin. Just his presence alone was enough to deeply move me.
This man must love me so much! That thought occupied my entire mind.
I gently embraced Aaron, running my fin-gers through his brown curly hair. When people are in love, they often feel so over-whelmed that they want to cry , just like a child. Tears had already welled up in my eyes.
But that dream had cast a shadow over me, one that was even greater than the im-pact of Robin’s attack.
I dared not utter a single word about Luki-ta.
At this moment, his warmth felt so wonder-ful, and I wished it could last a little longer.
The weight leaning against me grew heav-ier and heavier, and suddenly, I snapped back to reality and looked down. Aaron was still hugging me, but he had quietly sl*pped into a deep sleep.
“Aaron?” My body couldn’t bear its weight,and I began to tilt to one side.
Kristy and Chris quickly stepped forward to support Aaron and separate him from me. Their gaze shifted back and forth bet**en our faces as if assessing our relationship. I could sense their doubts, but I didn’t say anything.
I didn’t know how to explain.
This was Aaron, my ex-boyfriend, and at the same time, the father of my child. But I had a boyfriend now, so I had to keep the child a secret from him.
The complexities and subtleties of this re-lationship made it difficult for me to speak.
“He is…” When Chris finally spoke up toask, I hadn’t figured out how to introduce Áaron specifically.
“Um… he’s Aaron, Aaron Morris.” Afterthinking for a while, I couldn’t bring myself to say “ex-boyfriend,” so I simply fell silent.
Whatever! I didn’t have to explain my rela-tionship with Aaron to anyone!
With the help of Chris and Kristy, Aaron was taken to an available room outside. I was exhausted and burdened with many things in my heart, and soon fell asleep again.
But this time, I dreamt again.
I found myself in a zombie movie, with Sam Robin covered in blood, his eyes emit-ting a red glow fixed on me. His body twist-ed, staggering as he approached me with incredible speed. His mouth opened wider than humanly possible as if he wanted to swallow my entire head in one gulp…
I woke up from the dream drenched in cold sweat. The wound on my neck throbbed with each heartbeat. The tingling pain felt like countless ants crawling on my neck. It wasn’t particularly intense compared to other injuries, but I couldn’t ignore it. Most importantly, the attack was over, but the lingering sense of fear clung to me like a ghostly shadow and I couldn’t shake it off. Whenever I closed my eyes, I was forced to relive it.
The door to my room was gently pushed open.
I was startled, and my memory flashed back to that moment. My muscles tensed, and my blood ran cold.
“Who’s there?” My voice was filled with caution, and due to fear, it sounded sharp-er and hoarser than usual.
“Don’t worry.” A gentle female voice re-sponded.
I recognized her as the nurse who had treated my wounds, Rita, I think.
Only then did my tense body relax, and I let out a long breath, followed by a sharp headache.
“Sorry…I was so nervous…”
“That’s all right, I understand.” Rita was achubby African-American woman, her thick curls tied back, and she often wore a com-forting smile on her face.
She approached me, pushing a cart of medical supplies. “Anyone who experi-ences such an attack would have night-mares for a while. When you return to the United States, make sure to arrange an ap-pointment with a psychologist.”
“I will.”
My body was still very weak. According to Dr. Wayne, when I was brought to the hos-pital, my breathing and heartbeat had al-most stopped. It was Chris, my father, who pleaded desperately and convinced the emergency doctors to try everything they could.
After being put on ECMO, my heart and lung functions were temporarily replaced by the machine, and I was saved. Sam Robin had bitten into the wound left after the removal of the ECMO, and just stop-ping the bleeding and disinfecting it almost sent me back into the operating room. So far, half of my face hadn’t fully recovered, and I still had a lingering numbness.
“The man who just came here, how is henow?” I couldn’t help but ask as I saw Rita finishing the dressing change and prepar-ing to leave the room.
Rita glanced at me with a knowing smile on her face.
“Don’t get me wrong. I’m just curious…”
“Yeah, yeah, I get it.” Rita interrupted me,but her exp**ssion made me realize that she didn’t get it and was just giving me an out. “Don’t worry, he’s fine, just too ex-hausted from the long journey.
He’s awake now. When I came in, I saw him talking to your parents.”
Rita left.
Not long after, Kristy and Chris walked in.
The sound of the door opening made me tense up again, but as soon as I recognized them,I relaxed and glanced past them.
Aaron wasn’t with them.
“Aaron isn’t doing so well, we had the doc-tor give him some nutrients,” Chris seemed to catch my gaze and explained proactive-ly.
“He’s malnourished?” I was surprised.
The powerful second son of the Morris
Group needed nutrients.
“Not exactly,” Kristy added, “it’s just that wewere afraid he would be sticking too close to you, and we didn’t have a chance to talk to you alone.”
Hearing this, I finally relaxed.
“What did he talk to you about just now?” Irelaxed and lowered my gaze, avoiding my parents’ gaze.
If it weren’t for Aaron’s sudden appear-ance, I didn’t feel like engaging with these two right now.
Without Aaron not around, I felt a barrier building bet**en us once again.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure how to commu-nicate normally with my parents as their child.
“He talked to us about you. About thatpostcard.” Kristy sounded incredibly guilty. “Sweetie, I am sorry. It’s all our fault.”
“But please believe us, we love you! It’s just… in the past, we didn’t choose to stay with you because of our careers and love. We have always been guilty and regretful. But that was our choice, and we have to pay the price.”
“The immense guilt overwhelmed us. Youare mature enough now, and we don’t dare to have too much presence in your life any-more.”
“The sense of guilt overwhelmed us. Youare mature enough now, and we don’t dare to have too much presence in your life any-more.”
I listened quietly as Kristy conducted a tearful self-reflection, but my thoughts gradually drifted toward Aaron.
Although I didn’t know what he had said to my mom and dad, based on Kristy’s current reflection, it wasn’t difficult to infer the content of their conversation.
Aaron was exceptionally skilled at handling various social situations. He possessed a level of sensitivity and analytical ability that surpassed ordinary people. Since the ap-pearance of that postcard, he had ob-served my every reaction. Although there were times when I felt that he didn’t truly understand me in certain aspects, in other realms, he was the person who knew me best in this world.
“What did he say?” I asked calmly.
“He… asked us about our attitude towardsyou,” Chris took over the conversation. “He told us that he is your ex-boyfriend and cur-rent pursuer, that you have known each other for many years. And he is the person who loves you the most in this world. He told us that you came to visit us because you wanted to fix your problem with us…”
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