I Stopped Waiting and Started Loving novel Chapter 240

Bonnie had no idea that Quentin wasn't trying to end his life—he was doing hydrotherapy.

When he woke up that morning, the world remained an abyss of absolute darkness.

This rarely happened, and his go-to remedy was pushing his breath-holding limits underwater to stimulate his nerves and cerebral blood flow.

He had been doing it on and off for over an hour.

Due to the oxygen deprivation and the loud splashing of the running tap, he hadn't heard a single thing outside.

Not until a pair of small hands suddenly hooked under his arms, desperately trying to haul his entire body upward.

He didn't even need to guess who had burst in; apart from Bonnie, no one would dare storm into his bathroom.

Feeling the frantic tug of her small frame, a sudden mischievous urge took root in his chest.

He deliberately went entirely limp, acting like a lifeless doll, letting her struggle.

He just wanted to scare her a little. That was what she got for being so ruthless last night.

"Quentin, wake up!"

Her panicked screams bounced off the tiled walls, laced with a distinct, terrified tremble.

"Stop scaring me, please! Wake up!"

"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have said those things to provoke you! Please don't die on me!"

Hearing her tear-choked voice, his heart felt as if it had been struck by a sledgehammer.

It ached, yet an undeniable, secret satisfaction bloomed inside him.

Meanwhile, Bonnie was losing her mind with panic. The man's body was completely limp but weighed as much as a boulder.

Gritting her teeth, she used every ounce of strength in her body to awkwardly drag this six-foot-two man out of the overflowing tub.

They collapsed heavily onto the flooded tiles, splashing water everywhere.

In her sheer, blinding panic, the usually level-headed doctor completely forgot even the most basic step of checking his pulse.

All she saw was his ashen face and unmoving chest.

"Quentin, wake up right now!"

With red-rimmed eyes, she stacked her hands and pressed down hard on his chest.

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