In Love, Never Say Never (Ashton Fuller and Scarlett Stovall) novel Chapter 1248

“Stop talking right now!” John turned away abruptly. “I’ll go talk to the doctors about the recovery process. You have a good rest!”

“John…”

Even as I doubled over and coughed, John pretended as though he hadn’t heard me. He quickened his footsteps and disappeared out of the door in a matter of seconds.

I stared at the door, hoping that he might change his mind and return. However, he left and didn’t come back.

I sighed deeply and stared gloomily at the ceiling. My last bit of hope had disappeared.

Eventually, I drifted off to sleep.

A long while later, I detected a bright light shining above me. I opened my eyes slightly to see what it was.

What I saw was the snow-white fabric of a doctor’s coat. Apparently, a doctor was changing my medication.

Alarm bells sounded in my head, and I snapped awake immediately. The biggest hospital in M County would never trouble a doctor to change a patient’s medication by themselves!

“Who the hell are you…!” I struggled to open my eyes and see who it was. However, my vision remained dismally blurry.

When he heard me, the person who was changing my medication stumbled backward. When my vision finally cleared, I could only see the door swinging shut after him. There were way too many people here who were after my life. Even though I knew my days were numbered, I didn’t want to go before my time. I hung on and shouted for help as loudly as I could.

“Is anyone there? Please help…”

By the time John returned with the doctors and nurses, I had already wormed my way to the side of the bed, and was a few inches from falling right off.

“What’s going on? Didn’t I tell you not to move around? What do you think you’re doing?”

Summoning up what was left of my energy, I grabbed hold of John’s arm and shot a look at the infusion bottle. “The medication…someone touched it…”