"Okay, I hope you remember what you have said today. I will make you pay for your actions." Serge glared at Ouyang. He did not expect that Ouyang would be so stubborn. Regardless of what he said, Ouyang just wouldn't budge.
"Ha-ha!" Ouyang took a sip of tea while remaining calm. The tea today was not as sweet as before, but a little bitter.
Ouyang wondered. Was it because of the bitterness in his own heart?
Serge gave a murderous look as he warned word by word, "Karma will come to you!"
Ouyang wasn't affected at all. It was true that he had made a mistake, but he wasn't the one who injected the bacteria into Adrian's body. Even if there was karmic retribution, Eve would be the one suffering from it.
In the JR Hospital
It was already half-past ten at night.
The teachers had gone home to get some rest, and now only Mandy and Nathan were left in the ICU ward. According to the doctors, Adrian had to stay in the ICU until the reports came out.
Every muscle in Mandy's heart contorted in pain when she saw Adrian just lying there. She stared at Adrian's motionless body with her almond-shaped eyes. She wondered if her son was asleep or was he still in a coma.
Mandy felt a little guilty. She recalled that she had taken a lot of pills at the early stages of her pregnancy. If she hadn't taken those pills, then she could have protected her body from the damage. When she knew that she was pregnant, she insisted on keeping the baby despite the doctor's opposition. She had only one thought at that time. 'Since God has blessed me with a little life, I can't just abort it.'
She betted on the chance that her child would come out healthy, but she lost miserably. Adrian suffered from a congenital heart disease right from his birth. Mandy never imagined that one day her son would pay the price of her doggedness.
If she had known that it would turn out like this, then she would not have given birth to the baby. Looking at all the tubes around Adrian's body, she felt a bit lightheaded. She could only imagine the pain he was feeling. He couldn't speak, so he couldn't even voice out his pain. He could only silently endure the pain. Can't speak; can't cry. How cruel was it?
'Adrian, it's all my fault. You've suffered a lot. It's all my fault, ' Mandy thought. Mandy's eyes trembled when she touched Adrian's feather-like small hand. The back of his hand was slightly warmed by Mandy's touch. While caressing his cold hands, her nose tingled, and she could no longer hold her tears back.
Sitting next to Mandy, Nathan wore a stern look on his handsome face. He remained silent as he understood Mandy's feelings. At the moment, he felt equally guilty.
He blamed himself for being too obstinate. He fell in love with Mandy at first sight. But the predicament he was in also affected her. At the same time, it caused their child to suffer a lot. Had he made up his mind earlier and let go of Sharon, then maybe things wouldn't have turned out as they did.
Adrian now lay on the bed, powerless and feeble. His once adorable face was now deathly pale.
Nathan couldn't bear Mandy's sad face, along with Adrian's condition. So lightly squeezing her hand, he held her in a tight embrace with his other hand.
Neither of them spoke because it was meaningless to say anything at the moment. Mandy didn't want Nathan to know about the guilt in her heart, and Nathan was also in a similar dilemma. He didn't want Mandy to know about his vulnerable side. So even though they maintained a tacit silence, their hearts beat together with their son's heart.
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