Chapter 36 Strapped to the Operating Table
An hour later, Natalie lay on a hospital bed. She was drenched in cold sweat, and her head ached. Her face was scrunched up in pain as her right arm had been dislocated again.
“You need to rest properly. It’s easy to dislocate your arm again if you’re not careful,” the doctor advised
while carefully bandaging her.
Natalie was in too much pain to respond. Cedric stood nearby, his demeanor far from comforting. He
watched Natalie, but his gaze lacked warmth.
Once the doctor had finished, he left with the nurse, leaving Natalie and Cedric alone in the room. Natalie turned her head away, refusing to look at him.
Cedric’s tone was domineering as he scolded her, “You are not allowed to drive anymore.
Natalie had been lucky she had only knocked into another car. If it had been a truck, she would have probably lost her life.
Natalie didn’t respond.
This man had yet to understand what had happened between them. How could he still feel entitled to dictate her life?
Seeing how she remained silent, Cedric’s anger flared. “Did you hear me?”
Natalie finally looked at him and retorted, “Why does it concern you?”
Cedric seethed. “You…!”
This woman was acting completely insolent! She was nearly driving him to madness!
He swallowed his anger. But just as he was about to say more, Yuvan called.
Answering the phone, Cedric said, “What is it?”
“Sir, it’s impossible to find a live donor. The rules in Verde City are very strict. Even donations from the deceased are not possible,” Yuvan explained, referring to the problem with Isabella’s eyes.
Natalle felt her breath catch. She stared at Cedric silently. Upon hearing Yuvan’s words, Cedric subconsciously glanced at her,
his eyes, there was a complex mix of emotions that only Natalie could decipher.
the phone and continued
Blanca had taken good care of Natalie during this time. Meanwhile, Cedric had lost weight since her retum, a testament to the constant challenges he had faced from those around him.
Natalie had an inkling of what was going on in Cedric’s mind right now. She waited for him to speak.
In her previous life….
She felt like she had forgotten what Cedric looked like when he first suggested she donate her eyes to
Isabella.
This time, she needed to see it clearly. She didn’t want to miss a single change in his expression.
For a long time, they locked eyes and remained in a silent confrontation.
In the end, Cedric silently stood and said, “You should rest here for now. The doctor said you need to stay
in the hospital for a few days.”
Having said that, he walked away without waiting for Natalie’s response. His departing figure looked as if he were fleeing from some formidable threat.
He didn’t say it in the end.
Natalie closed her eyes, recalling the events of her previous life. At that time, she didn’t have a protective uncle, and she hadn’t been injured.
That day, Cedric had been smoking excessively in Scarlet Villa. When he said the words that made her hysterical and desperate, it was with a coldness he had never directed at her before.
He had said, “Natalie, you brought this upon yourself. You did those malicious acts. Since you owe her, you should pay her back.”
She remembered it even now.
Every word Cedric had spoken at that moment was hard and cold. Each word broke her heart further as he spoke. She had explained countless times, desperately pleading that it wasn’t her, but Cedric never believed her. He threw her into a devastating situation without listening.
He was convinced that she had destroyed Isabella with her own hands. Therefore, giving her back what she deserved was only fair.
Hatalie’s suffering was seen as retribution..
phone call interrupted her thoughts, causing Natalie to snap back to reality. It was a call from Kadina.
She answered, “Sorry, I’m in the hospital right now.”
“It’s okay, I already know,” Karina replied.
She took a seat on the edge of the hospital bed and waited.
She had a rough idea of what Cedric was going to tell her. She knew it would be something she despised.
Rising from the bed, she said, “If you don’t want to talk, I’ll leave.
Finally, Cedric blurted urgently, There’s a surgery…
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: A Divorce After My Rebirth
Please check these. Chapters. It's cut off sentences making paragraphs incomplete and story now not flowing...