In the end, I hurriedly left the banquet hall without doing any painting with Remington, the legendary figure I admired so much. I did not even have the time to explain to him the reason I left.
If Monica died, this suicide would come between the love Christopher and I shared and our love would be blemished. Even if we ceased to care about it, it would remain as a wound and a thorn in our hearts which could not be removed.
When Christopher came to fetch me, he saw how lost I looked so he patted me gently on the shoulder and said, “Don’t worry. She’s going to be fine.”
“Is she all right?” I asked anxiously.
“Doctors are doing their best to save her!” The expression on Christopher’s face was rare. There was no devil-may-care attitude and his elegant lips were pursed tight. He was in low spirits and my heart sank, too.
There was a crowd of reporters at the hospital entrance. Seeing our car approaching, they surrounded it, wanting to get some first-hand news. Fortunately, the Lane family’s bodyguards came on time and kept them at bay; otherwise, we would not be able to get into the hospital.
Outside the emergency room, Julia and the others moved about listlessly looking anxious and worried. When Mitchell saw me arriving with Christopher, he shouted angrily, “Christopher, why did you bring this woman? Don’t you think she has already caused enough misery for Monica?”
“Mitchell, you’re thinking too far ahead. Since Monica tried to take her own life because of me and Eve, we should come and check on her,” Speaking harshly, Christopher hid me behind his back.
“You… Christopher, very well! I have underestimated you. You and Monica grew up together. She would do anything for you. Do you have no guilty conscience at all?” Mitchell was distressed. He looked at me as if he could swallow me alive.
“I said it very clearly before. She is like a younger sister to me. Mitchell, you should know that only too well.” Christopher said in a calm voice.
“You… you…” These words drove Mitchell crazy.
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