The Billionaire's Ex-Wife Returns (Lucy and Landon) novel Chapter 18

Chapter 18: What Next?

Would you grieve if I died?

For a moment, Landon could hear her voice whisper in his ears like a ghost hovering above him.

The words he had tried not to agonize about came back at him, punching him in the gut until he couldn’t breathe.

Like a wet dog shaking away water from its body, Landon also tried to shake the truth out of him.

But his grip on the paper tightened as he continued to read Lucy’s medical result. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Lucy was diagnosed with stage-two ovarian cancer.

Landon felt the strength in his legs leaving him. He could hear his secretary saying something and also sensed him supporting him, but his soul seemed to have left his body.

"Sir!"

"Mr. Westwood!"

Alaric called out a few times, but Landon didn’t react to his voice.

"I’m fine." Landon heard himself answering.

But the truth is, he was far from fine.

No. He was closer to tearing the paper into pieces and running himself over with a car several times.

He couldn’t believe Lucy could have cancer. How could a young and healthy woman have a terrible disease?

Landon couldn’t remember how he had gotten inside his car. But the moment his consciousness woke, he was already standing before the doctor’s office.

He remembered running to his car and driving it fast in the middle of the street. But he couldn’t recall how he had stopped at the hospital and found the doctor’s name on Lucy’s medical result.

"Doctor Halen is ready to see you in his office," the nurse kindly reminded him when Landon didn’t move.

Taking his first step inside the doctor’s office, Landon felt as if he were trudging in the middle of a quicksand. The distance between him and the doctor was short, and yet it took him a long time to finally reach the chair arranged for patients to sit on.

The doctor had the eyes of a person who had seen a lot of things. Good and worse.

And when he looked at him, Landon felt the reality sinking inside him.

"What seems to be the problem?" the doctor routinely asked him.

Landon produced the paper the young man gave him earlier and placed it on top of the table that separated him from the doctor.

The doctor picked it up and read it. Slow and deliberate.

When he was finally done, he set it aside and clasped his hand in front of his chest.

"You’re not here for a check-up. But may I ask what your relationship is with Miss Grey?" the doctor finally asked.

Miss Grey? Is that how she wanted to be known now? Although he was upset that Lucy decided not to use the Westwood name anymore, Landon was far too distracted to care.

He answered, "I’m her husband."

The doctor nodded as if he understood. But still, he said, "Do you have proof of your relationship with the patient? I cannot release a patient’s information unless you have it."

Landon paused. He didn’t have his marriage certificate with him. However, he had pictures of him and Lucy.

Thankfully, he had set his phone screen with a picture of them together. He showed that to the doctor and said, "I’ve been married to her for two years, doc. I just want to know if this diagnosis is real."

The doctor briefly glanced at it before he shook his head. "A picture of you two isn’t enough."

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