My Husband's Affair My Anniversary Gift (Lily and David) novel Chapter 254

“St… stop.” Lily’s voice was barely a whisper. “Don’t call me that. I hate you.”

David shut his eyes for one second, pain ripping through him. “Okay. If you want that, I won’t say anything. I promise. Just… please don’t leave me.”

“It… hurts… I can’t…” Lily struggled to breathe. “I’m sorry…”

Her vision dimmed. Her head dropped to the side. Her body went slack in his arms.

“Lily!” David yelled. His voice cracked. “Lily, open your eyes!”

“Lily!” Jabco said urgently, patting her cheeks. “Hey! Stay with us!”

Riyana pressed her fingers on Lily’s wrist. Her face went cold. “Her pulse is weakening. Her body’s getting cold.”

“No… no… no,” David whispered. It felt like the floor had vanished and he was falling into nothing.

Sirens screamed outside. The ambulance skidded into the deserted yard.

David held Lily closer, his breath shaking.

“Please… don’t leave me.”

The paramedics rushed in before David could say another word. Their boots echoed across the dusty floor, their voices sharp and fast.

“Female, in her mid-thirty, unconscious, possible trauma to the head, heavy bruising,” one of them called out as they knelt beside Lily.

“Sir, we need space,” another paramedic said.

David didn’t move. He was frozen, staring at Lily’s face like his eyes alone were keeping her alive.

“Sir,” the paramedic repeated, firmer this time.

Jabco pulled at David’s arm. “Let them help her.”

David forced himself to lower Lily from his lap onto the stretcher they slid under her. His hands shook as he let go. It felt wrong. It felt like someone was peeling his heart out with their bare fingers.

The paramedics worked fast. They strapped her down, checked her vitals, fitted the oxygen mask over her face.

Her chest barely moved.

“Blood pressure dropping,” one paramedic said.

“Get her into the ambulance now.”

They lifted the stretcher.

David followed immediately, but a police officer moved in front of him.

“Sir, we need to take your statement...”

David didn’t even hear the rest. Jabco’s hand suddenly landed on the officer’s shoulder.

“Later,” Jabco said.

The officer stepped aside.

David climbed into the ambulance. He sat beside the stretcher, not taking his eyes off Lily even once. The doors slammed shut, and the siren wailed to life.

Inside the ambulance, Lily’s body jolted slightly with each bump in the road. The paramedics kept adjusting tubes, checking her pulse every few seconds.

“Her heartbeat’s irregular.”

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