Just then, Liam York quietly backed out from inside. Seeing Nora approach, he immediately bowed and lowered his voice.
"Ma'am, Mr. Hayes is awake. The blade missed his heart, and the wound required eight stitches. But he... he refuses to take any painkillers. He keeps asking to see you."
Nora pushed the door open, her expression completely blank.
Gideon was leaning halfway against the headboard, thick white bandages wrapped tightly around the left side of his chest.
"Nora... don't go..."
His faint voice echoed through the quiet room, laced with the weakness and raspiness of heavy blood loss.
Having finished treating the wound, the medical team quickly and tactfully packed up their equipment, slipped out of the room, and shut the door behind them.
Only the two of them were left in the room.
The ocean breeze fluttered the curtains, the draft diluting the heavy scent of blood in the air.
Nora stood up, walked into the bathroom, and turned on the faucet.
Freezing water cascaded over her fingers.
She pumped a generous handful of soap and scrubbed her palms and the back of her hands frantically, almost as if she had lost her mind.
The foam turned a pale pink, swirling down the drain.
But no matter how hard she scrubbed, the scalding sensation of Gideon's blood felt as if it had been permanently burned into her nerve endings.
She shut off the tap, pulled a dry towel, and meticulously wiped her hands, staring at her pale, taut face in the mirror.
Why.
She asked herself over and over again.
Using self-harm to guilt-trip her. Using borderline suicide to force her to stay.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Love I Begged For Was Never Real
Storyline is good..but author is wasting time on character's thoughts.why r u streching chapters it's really really boring and annoying.conversation between them childish.she is only saying him get out n what right do u have ..not telling him what he did to her not questioning him..demanding answer. And what happened to him why sudden change of heart care to explain author.....
For the past few chapters either she is sick or he is. It is slightly boring. Author pls let them talk about the issues , she is not at all scolding him.. every scoldings are playing in her mind only. We want some talk between them....
I am also thinking the same....
Has he mistaken Nora as Giselle?...
What happened to him🤔 did he forget everything?...
Hey can u also upload the book " woke up married to my cheating ex"....
Does he know the orphan girl is actually Nora?...
So is he trying to justify everything? At wat rite??? Wer were he wen she needed him the most.......
Haha finally going to see redemption...
I don’t think reborn will happen in this novel. It will be full of her blood only. Actually The title should be changed to only Nora’s suffering instead the love I begged was never real....