Chapter 266
John stopped in his tracks, but he did not turn around. He just said in a low and hoarse voice, “Olivia, I can’t afford to let her die.”
Hearing this, Olivia did not continue pursuing the matter. She smiled wryly, looking at
his back.
It was as if someone had stabbed her heart. The coolness forming around the wound made her whole body so cold that it stiffened. Waves of grief and anger
followed.
The meaning behind the words ‘I can’t afford to let her die’ was that anyone could die except Dorothy, including Olivia herself.
If she was nothing in John’s heart, why did he still keep her by his side and not let her go?
She was dying to ask him, ‘So, what about our past, the time when we were madly in
love?’
However, she knew that she would not like John’s answer, so she just responded
lightly, “Yeah, I get it.”
John shivered slightly, then dragged her downstairs.
He tossed her into the room and said to the nurse coldly, “Extract her blood and save
Dorothy.”
The nurse stared at the wristband on Olivia’s wrist blankly. “Mr. Freeman, she…”
However, before she could finish her sentence, Olivia interrupted her. “Just go for it. Take whatever you want. Just make sure to leave me with my final breath.”
After saying that, she raised her head and smiled at John with tears in her eyes. Don’t worry. I won’t let your little lover die.”
John glanced at her coldly and turned away without saying anything.
The room fell into silence, and all that remained was the sound of the nurse extracting her blood. It felt awfully strange.
”
Just as the seven-ounce blood bag was about to be filled, John turned and looked at Olivia with a gaze that contained mixed feelings. When he spoke, his voice sounded like he had experienced a slight change of heart. “Olivia, actually…”
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