Find me in your labyrinth (Stella and Jonathan) novel Chapter 2099

"Do you really have to toss your pills again?"

Estelle's thumb paused on the screen of her phone as she looked up at the man standing in the dimly lit room. A single floor lamp illuminated half of his strikingly handsome features, casting the other half in shadow, making him appear both noble and ominously detached.

Outside, the sound of a winter storm whispered against the windows, the wind sweeping up flurries of snow, the cold seeping through the panes.

Their eyes locked for a moment before Jonathan spoke in a calm voice, "I've been trying to figure out why the antidote isn't working. I even had people double-check with Lynn and Professor Bill. I'm sure they didn't lie to me. The serum that was tested on you, the antidote, none of it was wrong."

"I've been racking my brain, the medicine should work, it did for the first three days. So why did it stop working after that?"

"There's only one reason besides the medicine itself. The subsequent doses, you haven't actually been taking them!"

"Whenever it's time to take your medicine, if I'm not around, you'd spit it out. If I'm here, you'd let the tablet dissolve in your mouth, then ask me for water, and spit the pill into the glass when I wasn't looking. The pill is colorless and tasteless in water. That's how you've been deceiving me for days!"

Estelle's fingers curled tightly around her phone, her gaze dropping.

Jonathan moved closer, leaning over the couch to look down at her, "Let me guess why you refuse to take your medicine."

"You feel guilty about Wolf, and even about all your team members. You want to stay in your dreams to be with them, right?"

Estelle's face was pale, her long eyelashes trembling as she spoke in a hoarse voice, "Can't I?"

Jonathan's eyes darkened with pain, "What do you think?"

"I think it's fine. It's just dreaming, everyone dreams! Besides, I know the difference; they're just dreams. During the day, I still belong to you!"

"Do you really understand?" Jonathan lifted her chin, forcing her to look at him, "If you did, you would know they're all gone. Even if you meet them in your dreams every night, it won't bring them back. It's not another world, it's just your obsession."

Estelle's eyes reddened, her face tense, "In my dreams, they are still alive!"

Jonathan stared at her in shock.

Estelle shook her head, "That won't happen, it won't!"

"But you just walked away from me!" His voice was hoarse with emotion.

Estelle paused, then turned to face him, "I just didn't want to argue!"

Jonathan pressed his forehead against hers, "I'd rather argue than have you turn and walk away."

Estelle pulled out a piece of paper she had been holding, "Jonathan, I saw the farewell letter you wrote, the one you left for me."

She had intended to go out to the balcony to cool off, but on the couch, she had found his letter placed next to the note she had left for him.

She was shaken!

And in the midst of her tumultuous emotions, she found a moment of calm.