Caught off guard, Thalia glanced weakly at the person standing at the door. Natasha raised her brows at Thalia to tell Thalia that the rest was up to her.
Spencer examined Thalia's body and asked anxiously, “What's wrong, Thalia? Are you feeling unwell?”
Only then did Thalia retract her gaze and look at Spencer. “I... I don't think I can carry on...” she uttered weakly.
“What?” Spencer froze momentarily before shaking his head. “No. I won't let anything bad happen to you. Thalia, tell me now. What's wrong?”
“I... Everywhere hurts. It's getting difficult to breathe...”
“How did this happen?” Spencer was still examining her. However, he couldn't find anything wrong with her. She looks like she's in a lot of pain. Did I miss something?
“Thalia, tell me, where are you hurting? Don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you...” Spencer panicked, his hands trembling.
“There's nothing you can do. No one knows my body better than I do...” Thalia shook her head.
Tears rolled down Spencer's cheeks. “Even if you die, I'm going to drag you back to life! I swear I won't let anything happen to you!”
Natasha looked at them with her brows slightly arched.
Suddenly, the kids outside seemed to have found out about something, and they rushed in.
They were so fast that Thalia couldn't stop them in time.
“Thalia.”
“Thalia.”
The three kids looked at her with their red eyes.
Uh... Thalia was stunned when she saw them, and she almost couldn't continue her act.
“How did this happen? You were all right just now, no?” Anthony mumbled.
“Save her, Spencer. Don't you have superb medical skills? Save her!” Benjamin shouted.
Spencer was flustered. He was on the verge of freaking out. In fact, he had never been more anxious than that in his life. I've never doubted my medical skills, but I'm doubting myself now...
“Thalia, where are you hurting? Tell me,” Spencer asked in his hoarse voice.
Thalia was saddened when she saw how sorrowful everyone was. Right when she was about to give up, Natasha stepped forward and said, “Quiet down, the three of you. Let Thalia talk to Spencer.”
“But—” Anthony was about to say something, but when he lifted his head, he saw Natasha winking at him.
Anthony froze.
After staring at Natasha for a long while and shifting his gaze to Spencer and Thalia, he finally realized what was going on.
True enough, Natasha was signaling him to leave.
“All right, listen to me. Let's give them some space,” Natasha uttered.
“Okay,” Anthony responded.
Benjamin and Denise were still staring at Thalia.
“The two of you too,” Natasha said.
“I don't want to leave, Nat. I want to stay with Thalia.” Denise's eyes were filled with sorrow, and tears were streaming down her cheeks.
Upon hearing that, Natasha couldn't help frowning. It's so hard to control so many kids at once.
Benjamin was looking at Thalia in silence.
Anthony went up to them and grabbed them. “Let's give Thalia some space. Let them talk to each other in private.”
“I don't want to...” Denise replied while shedding tears. However, she suddenly felt Anthony tapping on her hand, so she turned toward him in confusion.
She immediately stopped crying after the tapping stopped.
“Be good. Let's go,” Anthony said to her.
Only then did Denise bob her head.
Benjamin received the signal as well, and the three of them left at once.
Natasha glanced at Thalia and Spencer and heaved a sigh. “Have a nice talk, you two. I'll be right outside.” With that, she turned around and left.
She even closed the door behind her.
At that moment, the atmosphere was at its peak. Spencer looked at Thalia. He was convinced that there was something wrong with her. “Thalia...”
After everyone left, Thalia could perform without holding back.
Weakly, she said, “Spencer, after I leave this world, no one is going to pester you anymore. You can finally live a normal life...”
“No. I don't want to live a normal life. I want you to pester me. Thalia, that's really what I want. I want you to stay alive. I'll send you to the hospital now!” Spencer wanted to lift her up.
“There's no use... Spencer, let me finish, okay?” Thalia stared at him and stopped him.
Spencer shook his head. He did not want to listen to her. “Don't talk. I don't want to listen. I just want you to live. I want you to stay alive.”
For some reason, Thalia started crying. “Spencer, don't you want to listen to my last words?”
Shocked, Spencer merely stared at her in silence.
“I just need to say a few words.” Thalia looked at him with pleading eyes.
Spencer's eyes were brimming with tears. As he looked at her, he tried his best to conceal something.
“I know you despise me, but I won't pester you anymore after this. Just talk with me, okay?”
Spencer shook his head, looking sad. “I've never hated you. Never.”
“Are you sure? Then why have you been avoiding me? You even provoked me.”
“I...” Spencer paused to look at her. “I avoided you and distanced myself from you because I was afraid...”
“Afraid? What were you afraid of?”
“I was afraid that I would hurt you.”
“I don't get it. I like you. Why would you think you would hurt me if you were to see me?”
Spencer kept mum and lowered his head sorrowfully.
At that moment, Thalia truly believed he was hiding a secret from her.
“Okay. It's fine if you don't want to answer me. But can you tell me who you really like? I really want to know,” Thalia said.
“It's you. It's always been you,” Spencer answered. “It's been you all along. Nothing has changed.”
Thalia was dumbfounded. “Do you mean it?”
“Yes.”
“Then why have you been avoiding me?”
Spencer noticed the pained expression on Thalia's face. “I'm sorry, Thalia. I'm very sorry.”
“What are you sorry for?”
Spencer wanted to answer her, but those words remained at the tip of his tongue, refusing to go past his lips.
“I'm just sorry. I mean it...”
At that moment, Thalia was starting to panic. If not because she was really weak, she would have jumped to her feet.
“What makes you keep pushing me away if you like me? What is it, Spencer? Do you really want me to die without knowing the answer to that question?” Thalia continued to pressure him.
Spencer took a deep breath, wanting to spill the truth. She can hate me after this, but I just don't want to have any regrets.
He looked up at her and uttered softly, “It's because...”
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