Don't Try to Escape, My Wife! novel Chapter 699

"Maia will be fine. Don't worry."

Nicole gestured.

"Fine? She's basically drenched in blood."

Tim sat on the bench, battered out of his senses.

He clutched his hair and kept pulling it.

How could he be drunk?

How could he leave Maia facing all this alone?

But it was too late now, no matter how much he regretted it.

Tim was so guilty, while Nicole didn't have a good time, either. She wanted to set Maia up with Tim, but now that Maia was like this, she was so sorry, despite that she knew that it had nothing to do with her.

Gabrielle didn't know how to comfort them, so he could only wait there quietly.

As time passed, the lights in the emergency room finally went out.

Yet, Tim was somehow a little scared.

Neil looked at them as he came out, and whispered, "The patient's not very well now."

"How is she?"

Tim asked hurriedly.

He could feel that his hands were trembling, so was his heart.

Nicole also looked at Neil, nervous.

Neil sighed and said, "The patient suffers multiple fractures. Three ribs were broken, and serious congestion is detected all over the body. Fortunately, she was delivered in time. Otherwise, it is very likely that the blood may press her nerve and cause much worse effects. But, most importantly, the patient's uterus is injured."

"What did you say?"

Tim and Nicole opened their eyes wide on hearing this.

"Neil, is that a confirmed diagnosis?"

Gabrielle was also at a loss.

Neil nodded and said regretfully, "Whoever did this was so ruthless. Uterus is the most vulnerable part of a woman. From the looks of it, it may take a long time to recover, which of course, could only be achieved by applying traditional Chinese massage and acupuncture. Western medicine, I assume, may not work. As for how long it will take, I cannot be sure. Maybe a couple of months, or about a year, or perhaps even longer. And it is possible that when her uterus finally recovers, she's already passed her child-bearing age. That's why I need to see her immediate relatives. I need them to sign on some papers."

Tim was completely dumbfounded.

He knew better than anyone how important uterus is to a woman.

Maia had not been married, and she didn't even have a boyfriend. The best of her life was still yet to come; but now she ended up like this just because of him, a douchebag.

No matter how sorry and regretful he felt, he couldn't turn back time.

Tim's silence broke Nicole's heart.

She took out her phone to look for Maia's info, but found that Maia didn't leave any number of her immediate family.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that there was something wrong with Nicole's expression, Gabrielle hurriedly asked.

Nicole gestured, "Maia didn't write down any immediate relative."

Tim frowned.

"Let me check which village is Maia from."

Nicole gave Maia's information to Tim.

Before long, a report on Maia was sent over.

Tim looked at the report on his phone and was speechless.

"What's wrong?"

Nicole asked.

Tim gave his phone to Nicole.

The report revealed that Maia's parents were anti-drug police. They both died a few years ago, leaving Maia with her 15-year-old brother, who was still in school. Maia didn't use a cent of her parents' savings, saying that she would leave the money to her brother to get married in the future. Her current income was perfectly enough to pay for her brother's education and their day-to-day spending.

Seeing all of this, Nicole's eyes were a little wet.

Such a girl should have been cared and protected from all harms, but now she ended up like this.

Tim was having a hard time holding back his tears. He looked at Neil and said, "I'm her immediate family. I'll be responsible for everything."

"You?"

Neil looked at Gabrielle and Nicole, baffled.

Nicole was also stunned for a moment before she heard Tim say, "Yes, I am her fiancé! I will be responsible to her for the rest of her life."

After that, he glanced at Nicole, then turned around and ran out.

Having noticed the glance, Nicole felt so sorry deep down.

She hoped that Tim and Maia could become a couple, but it shouldn't be like this.

"I'll go see him."

Nicole gestured to Gabrielle and ran after Tim.

Tim didn't run out far. He stopped in the backyard of the hospital.

There were few people in the backyard. Tim squatted among the flowers and covered his mouth as he cried silently.

His shoulders trembled so violently that though he was 6-feet tall, from behind, he just looked like a helpless child.

Nicole slowly walked over and sat down beside him.

Tim sniffed at Nicole's smell and felt even worse.

He had been so familiar with this smell for so long; so long that he thought that it had already fused into his bones and blood. However, at this moment, he had to eliminate all of this.

He was suffocating from the pain, but he couldn't die because he still owed a lifetime to another woman.

Tim's eyes hurt from crying.

Nicole was also sorry deep down and had a lump in her throat.

She wanted to push Tim away and say something to him, but was pushed away first.

As tears blurred her eyes, she saw Tim's miserable and bitter smile.

"Goodbye, Nicole," he said.

"Please let me meet you at the right time in my next life, Nicole," he said.

"Please give me your blessings, Nicole," he said.

Nicole, however, found herself unable to utter a single word.

She looked at Tim turning around with tears in eyes and a smile on his face.

She knew that the moment he turned around, there would be no turning back.

For the rest of their life, he would no longer be her admirer, or the stubborn man who shouted behind her that he would wait for her for the rest of his life.

Nicole suddenly felt her heart wrenching.

They were not in love, yet they were better than families.

"Tim, I wish you happy."

Nicole shouted in her heart as she watched Tim walk out of her sight step by step and leave this place.

Tim went to the restroom and washed his face. Looking in the mirror, he smiled, his emotions a little complicated.

"Tim, you have to pay the debt. You have to pay whatever you owe Maia with the rest of your life."

With that, he gestured "fighting" to the mirror and walked out.

When he got back to the ward, Gabrielle was taking care of Maia, who was still in a coma.

Her entire body was wrapped in gauze, looking extremely fragile.

"Allow me."

Tim took the towel from Gabrielle and went to the restroom to get some hot water.

Gabrielle looked at Tim and couldn't help but ask, "Tim, have you thought it through? Are you really going to be with Maia?"

"Maia is quite good. She is kind-hearted and outgoing. We will get along very well."

"But do you love her? You want to marry her, but does she agree? When she saved you, she didn't ask you to get married with her. You're being unfair to her."