When Simon finished almost half a pack of cigarettes in succession, Charlie stepped forward and stopped him from smoking.
He opened the window to get out of the cigarette smoke and then walked out of the smoking area.
He walked toward Emily's ward with slow, heavy steps as if his feet were filled with lead.
Finally, he arrived at the door of the ward. When his big hand touched the door handle, he saw that Emily's eyelashes began to tremble. After a while, she slowly opened her eyes with effort.
She was awake...
Simon's Adam's apple moved slightly, and he slowly pushed open the door of the ward.
"Wendy, my baby, is it gone?"
The moment he stepped in, he heard her asking in a hoarse voice.
The thought of their dead baby made Simon's heart sore, and his chest rose and fell violently a few times as he breathed deeply to calm himself down. Though he controlled his emotions now, he could not hide the sadness in his peach blossom eyes.
Emily whispered with a gentle voice as if she was afraid of startling something.
In particular, she attentively gazed into Wendy's eyes with hope as if she were staring at the last ray of light left in the sky before sunset. It seemed that the light of hope would disappear in the blink of an eye...
When Wendy nodded, Emily's eyes suddenly dimmed.
Emily raised her hand with a needle inserted into it and touched her belly, which was flat. How could she feel anything? Her baby had left her belly forever.
However, she still moved her hands back and forth on her belly for some time. This was the dead end of her last hope. Then, she closed her eyes and said desperately, "Well, never mind. Let the past be the past."
Simon strode forward, bent down, and held her hands carefully. His amorous eyes were no longer lethargic. Instead, there was some restrained pain and bitterness in his eyes. "Emily, we're still young, and we can have more children in the future..."
It was not that he did not know how to comfort others, but he seemed to have lost the power of speech when facing Emily.
Simon had witnessed many deaths as a doctor, but he had never been so panicked and depressed.
Hearing his words, Emily opened her eyes again and smiled gently. She also held his hand and pressed it on her lower abdomen. "Simon, you know, I actually had the idea of secretly giving birth to the baby at the beginning, but you found out the truth later! I still remember how furious you were at that time. You warned me not to take your baby away!"
"I didn't expect that our baby would leave me like this... It is gone. None of us wants this result, but don't be too sad. Perhaps, you and I are not supposed to share a future with it! However, I am glad that I didn't remarry you. It saves me a lot of trouble!"
"Stop it!" Simon roared depressingly.
Her reaction was different from what he had expected. He thought that after she woke up and learned that the baby was gone, she would break down.
However, she appeared to be calmer than him! She did not cry, nor did she show any strong emotions as if she was not the person who lost her baby and just came out of the operating room. Her calmness scared him...
Simon slowly clenched his drooping hands, his heart sinking.
He knew that losing a baby was quite painful, so his heart wrenched as he spotted the deathly stillness in her eyes.
"Okay, I stop. It happens that I don't have much strength. Saying these words has already exhausted me." After this, Emily took two deep breaths, though her expression was still glacial.
Then, she closed her eyes again and gently turned her back on him.
"Simon Chin..."
Suddenly, Emily called out softly.
She did not want to disturb him.
Or, she did not want to bother him...
However, as soon as Emily moved, the tall and straight figure jumped off the folding bed.
He had not slept at all; otherwise, he could not have acted so fast.
In the blink of an eye, Simon ran to Emily's bed and helped her sit up. "Do you want to drink some water?" "Hmm..." Emily did not deny it.
Hearing that, Simon quickly turned on the emergency light next to the bed. Then he went to the cabinet, poured out a cup of hot water from the thermos bottle, and added some cold water to the cup. Before handing it to her, he poured out a few drops on his palm to test the temperature.
When he got closer, Emily saw that his dark eye circles and several days' beard.
Over the past few days, he spent most of the night here with her. After he finished performing surgery, he would immediately rush to her ward.
On the chair aside was his white coat. In the past, while working, he maintained a handsome and charming appearance in his white coat. His colleagues rarely saw Simon, who was tall and straight, in such a mess.
Emily was silent for a moment. Then, she stretched out her hand and took the cup. "Thank you!"
Simon's big hand stiffened.
She only drank a small half of the water in the cup. Then, Simon took it and put it down for her. Seeing his bleary red eyes from lack of sleep and grey face with exhaustion, Emily knew that he must also have had a hard time lately.
After all...
A small life was tragically taken from them.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Purchased A Mr. Right
Hate deception and Abby and Dylan take the cake ,ugh...
NO!!! Tina belongs with Wilson…. Let Dylan and Abby get together...
Wow, once again the villain messes up the true love, Abby needs to go back abroad. And Tina’s true identity as the daughter of Bill Ambrey needs to be exposed! Then the families can “convenience marry” !! Abby is a witch....
Too bad Wilson can’t figure out that his and Tina’s ex’s and his cousin Desmond are conniving creeps!...
Anthea is so stupid, lying and leaving the man who loves her more than life itself. 🤬...
She deserves to be unhappy, being with someone she doesn’t love because of resentment for the exact thing she is doing, hopefully she ends up with no one. Calvin is a wimp and doesn’t love her, just wants a wife to please his family....
So the same basic story as Simon and Addy but stupid Emily is going to marry him! What a hypocrite! Ugh...
Emily gets more stupid every chapter, when did she pickup Calvin as a fiancé!!?? This story line is awful….very sad to do to Simon what she “thought” he had done but didn’t. She is truly a dumb woman. Simon never loved or really even cared for Addy….what the hell is she doing with someone she doesn’t even know or like/love. Awful 😢...
Emily is a fool, don’t let go of the man who truly loves you. Let go of the past, of which he did nothing but help someone who saved his life, and be happy with him… he is your soulmate....
Nothing like cutting off your nose to spite your face Emily. Just stupid! Ugh 😩...