Chasing My Pregnant Wife (Rosalie and Theodore) novel Chapter 861

Theodore laid on the hospital bed with a hollow look in his eyes.

He had asked himself countless times why he was still alive.

Why was he in the hospital when he opened his eyes?

He was the only one living in that house, with no servants on duty.

He was all alone, surrounded by a pile of wine bottles, fully intending to drink to his death. He was all prepared to welcome death, and even thought he saw the grim reaper waving his hands at him.

Yet, when he next opened his eyes, he found himself in the hospital.

It was dark and silent in the ward. The air felt as though it was frozen, the silence deafening.

Theodore looked out the window, and saw a weak ray of sunshine peeking shyly through the curtains. It was as bashful as a young lover, but he could still feel the warmth on his cheeks.

Unfortunately, this ray of sunshine wasn't enough to resist the gloom in his heart. All it did was to trace the outline of his emaciated and haggard face.

He hated the sunshine.

The door to the ward suddenly opened and Sydney walked in. She had a bouquet of fresh flowers in hand, which she began displaying in a vase.

Theodore continued lying silently on the bed, as if he didn't see her at all.

A light fragrance filled the air in the room.

Theodore furrowed his brows. "What are you doing here?"

"My son almost died. Can't I come?"

When Sydney received a call from the hospital, she was scared out of her wits and hurriedly made her way here.

Thankfully, the doctor managed to resuscitate Theodore.

"Theo, why exactly are you doing this? You clearly know that you can't touch alcohol. Why did you drink so much? Must you make your family worry and suffer because of you? You're clearly tired of living!"

Theodore smirked. "I'm sorry for putting you through such agony."

Theodore's face was pale as a sheet, and his eyes looked soulless. The usual color on his cheeks had faded, leaving behind deathly gray in its wake.

His eyes had lost their usual radiance. They looked dim and hazy, like the fuzzy reflection of the moon on the surface of a lake.

Theodore's cold voice broke Sydney's heart.

"Even if not for your dad and I, won't you think for Grandma? She raised you when you were young, she…"

"She has dementia now," Theodore said, cutting Sydney off. "She doesn't even recognize who I am now, so what if I die? Just find someone who looks like me as a replacement and she'll take him as me, just like how Aurora took Rose's place before."

Theodore looked coldly at her, his voice drenched with hopelessness. "Everyone can be replaced in this world."

Just as how Sebastian replaced him.

"No, Theo. You're wrong. You're the only one in this world and you're irreplaceable. You're my son, and you…you'll be someone's father in the future."

She really wanted to tell Theodore that he was now a father.

However, she was worried that telling him now after hiding it from him for so long might break him even further. He wasn't in a good condition right now, and was just resuscitated. He probably wouldn't be able to take the shock.