Even in Darkness She Chose to Rise (Tatiana and Jasper) novel Chapter 608

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Even in Darkness. She chose to Rise

Chapter 608 Cruel Perceptions

She didn’t remember Tatiana’s number either.

For a brief moment, her brows knit together in frustration.

“Are you looking to reach Tatiana? I have her contact saved. Give me a second.”

Lucas stepped in, quickly finding the listing on his device and dialing the digits on her behalf.

The line connected almost instantly on the other end. “Lucas? What is the meaning of this?”

Finished

The sheer annoyance vanished from Tammy’s features, replaced by a sudden wave of vulnerability. She let out a small, pitiful whine into the microphone. “Tatiana, it’s me.”

“Tammy? Tammy, where the hell are you? Did Lucas abduct you? Did he do anything to harm you? Dammit, I swear I am going to murder him!”

“No, no, absolutely not. He wouldn’t dare. Have you seen his pathetic, scrawny build? He’s a total weakling.”

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Lucas was completely speechless.

“Then where exactly are you right now? I am currently preparing to board a flight back to the mining district.”

“No, don’t do that! I’m fine, genuinely fine! Tatiana, you absolutely do not need to fly back here!”

She rushed to break the news of her traffic accident, deliberately leaving out the severity of her trauma as she claimed to have sustained nothing more than minor, superficial scratches. She was fiercely determined to prevent Tatiana from worrying.

Yet Tatiana was far too perceptive, immediately catching the subtle strain in her voice. The second Tammy uttered Lucas’s name, the piece of the puzzle fell into place.

“Tammy, did you recover your memory?”

“Wow, I really can’t hide a single thing from my Tatiana, can I? Heh, yeah. Every single thing came rushing back. It’s just… honestly, I feel so helpless. My taste in men is an absolute disaster”

At the boarding gate, Tatiana let out an involuntary splash of laughter.

Tammy found the confession equally humiliating and groaned in frustration. “Ugh, stop laughing at me! Leave me with an ounce of dignity here.”

Tatiana abandoned her place in line, walking over to find an empty seat in the airport lounge. “Every sing detail is back?”

“Yes, it’s completely back. I’m so sorry. Tatiana. I didn’t mean to drag you through all this anxiety, “Don’t ever speak to me like a stranger again. I despise hearing you talk like that.

“Heh, anyway, you really don’t need to rush over here. In doing great. In fact, I’ve never felt better in my

Chapter 608 Cruel Perceptions

entre life.

Tammy maintained the tatant lie without breaking her composure,

Standing quietly by her side, Lucas stared at the dense collection of medical dressings covering her skin, entirely silent at the sheer audacity of her statement.

took several more minutes of continuous deflection before Tammy finally managed to convince Tatiana

call off her flight and return to her estate.

hank goodness. The absolute last thing she wanted was for Tatiana to catch sight of her looking this

bathetic.

The moment the call disconnected, Tammy tossed the mobile device back into Lucas’s lap. A sharp hiss of agony escaped her lips as she carefully eased her weight back onto the mattress.

The pain was immense. She possessed an incredible tolerance for physical trauma, but that didn’t mean she was entirely immune to the torment.

Watching her settle in, a small, helpless smile appeared on Lucas’s face. “You really went to incredible lengths just to keep her from worrying.”

Now that her memories were restored, Tammy refused to offer him a single pleasant expression. The sheer frustration of recalling her past left her entirely volatile. She had sacrificed so much for this man. actively acting as a human shield against lethal traps, only for him to subject her to such disgusting, toxic misunderstandings.

Those miserable chapters of her life should have stayed buried permanently.

“Shut your mouth,” she snapped, her tone dripping with absolute impatience.

Lucas accepted the venom without a word of protest, letting out a quiet sigh. “If Tatiana weren’t a woman, I would genuinely believe you were deeply and desperately in love with her.”

“I am deeply in love with her. It has absolutely zero relation to romance or gender; that bond trumps every other connection in my life.”

Life didn’t revolve entirely around romance, and the most magnificent connections in the rarely defined by it.

Lucas froze, her words plunging him into a deep, silent state of contemplation.

world were

Tammy had zero intention of explaining the concept to him. She lay back against the pillows, her face a mask of utter exhaustion. “Get a different physician in here. I have absolutely zero desire to have you treating me.”

Luc

his voice dropping to a low, serious murmur. “The medical practitioners idn’t even qualify for a basic residency program back home. Their

nd if they handle your sutures, the tracking lines will be completely

ly certain you want to make that trade?”

Chapter 608 Cruel Perceptions

She had briefly forgotten how impoverished and underdeveloped this particular territory was. The local healthcare conditions were abysmal, and locating a competent surgeon here was the exact equivalent of winning a multi-million dollar lottery. Objectively speaking, Lucas’s medical expertise was likely the absolute finest available within a hundred-mile radius.

Tammy ran the calculations through her mind, forcing her stubborn pride down. There was absolutely no sense in jeopardizing her own physical recovery over a grudge. It simply wasn’t worth the sacrifice.

Furthermore, given the immense agony he had inflicted on her in the past, forcing him to act as her personal servant was a perfectly valid form of penance.

The realization brought a sense of grim satisfaction to her chest.

Noticing her prolonged silence, Lucas knew she had conceded the point. A helpless, gentle smile broke across his features. “Your head bandage has completely bled through. Let me clean the area and reapply the dressing for you.”

She offered a vague, dismissive grunt. “If this leaves a single scar, I am going to beat you senseless.”

“I won’t allow a scar to form.”

Lucas retrieved a fresh surgical kit from the counter, stepping up to the edge of the bed to begin treating the laceration. The wound slicing across her forehead had ruptured during her sudden burst of agitation, and the crimson blood had glued the fabric of the dressing directly to her skin. Simply peeling it away was an incredibly painful process.

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