If it hurts too much, just let go; if you still can't be with someone after trying your hardest, then get over them and move on. Why beat yourself up?
The car zoomed along the street in the dead of the night. After a while, it screeched to a halt in front of the villa. Tony rushed out of the car and opened the door for his boss. Brian got out first and then turned around to carry Molly out of the car. He looked at her pale face and her blank eyes; he was worried to death.
"Call the doctor!" Brian ordered as he carried her into the villa.
He entered the bedroom and gently placed Molly on the bed, not minding her ragged and dirty clothes. "Mol..." he called urgently, but
she didn't respond, her eyes fixed on one spot blankly. She just lay there, like a soulless shell.
Brian's coarse fingers brushed the disheveled hair on her forehead. He bent over and pressed a gentle kiss on her forehead, begging, "Mol, say something. Please."
Still nothing. No matter what he said, she didn't react. Molly felt like she had been taken into a confined house with no doors or windows. It was pitch-black. She was frightened.
And suddenly, she started shaking. Her eyes widened and she was short of breath. Each time Brian called her name, she was filled with fear, along with a feeling of deep rejection towards him.
He frowned in grief and looked at her lovingly, his lips pressed into a thin line. He didn't say anything more. The terror on her face wriggled his heart mercilessly.
Under the circumstance they were in, life and death were just a hair's breadth apart. He knew that it would traumatize her, but he had had no other choice.
He had figured out what kind of person that guy was, so he couldn't let that man have her. If he had, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
To keep both her and the Long family's rule over Dragon Island out of danger, he had to pretend to be cruel to her, although the whole charade was breaking her heart and it was undoubtedly going to result in her hating him more than ever. But she would never know how much he had wanted to protect her, how worried he was when she was in danger. He had pretended to not care about her to deceive his enemy. The situation had been very tricky. If he had shown even a tiny bit of affection towards her, that man would have killed her just to break Brian.
He swallowed his agony and turned his head away from her. He was so afraid to see her ashen and expressionless face. He kept telling himself that he had to do what he had done and in that situation, he had no other options. But the outcome of his decision was killing him.
There was an urgent knock at the door.
His brow knitted and his mouth twitched a little. Brian tried hard to suppress the pain and answered the door, "Come in."
Tony led the doctor in. Brian got up, but said nothing. The doctor looked at Molly, who was lying on the bed with blood stains on her clothes and her face.
She kept staring at the ceiling with her glassy eyes and a dull expression. The doctor looked at her closely and did a quick check-up.
"Mr. Brian Long, Mrs. Molly Long is in a very shocked state. Besides, she has been distressed for a long time and this has negatively affected her nervous system and this has resulted in an insufficient blood supply across the body. That is why she has difficulty breathing. This condition can be commonly called as," the doctor looked at Brian's grim face, gulped nervously and said, "melancholy."
With a tight furrow, Brian glanced at Molly. Complex emotions swirled in his eyes.
"I will prescribe some medicines for Mrs. Molly Long. A shot should help, but..." the doctor sighed, "The only cure will be to let go of whatever it is that's troubling her."
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