She looked at Adrian Desmond’s pale face, her heart truly feeling the pain of losing him. This man, who has completely disrupted my life and my destiny, might really... just sleep forever.
No, I don’t want him to die!
"Adrian Desmond, if you die, I will marry Noah Phillips imdiately!" She knew this was what he minded most; knowing she might marry Noah Phillips, he had actually planned to drag her to death with him. That lunatic.
"Actually, I don’t like Noah Phillips as much as you imagine."
Adrian Desmond remained silent.
"Everyone has an ideal partner in their mind. Noah Phillips is actually just my ideal type. However, in real life, many people’s significant other isn’t their ideal type. Just like you... you’re the type of man I detest the most: chauvinistic, domineering, selfish, rude... completely disrespectful to won..."
He still didn’t respond.
"And yet, I once loved you so deeply."
Her vision was filled with blood and Adrian Desmond’s deathly pale face. Ti seed to stretch, each minute and second feeling incredibly long. She held Adrian Desmond’s hand, her palm drenched in sweat. The sensation was awful.
"...Actually, it’s not that I don’t love you; I’m just afraid to love you... I’m a selfish woman. I just don’t want to get hurt."
Silence.
"Adrian Desmond, you’re a man with a record!"
Still no response.
"A man who once abandoned for another woman—how could I dare to love you again? If I’m to love a man, I must be his one and only! Irreplaceable by anyone!"
She knew he couldn’t hear her, yet she continued to speak into his ear. And because he couldn’t hear, many things she wouldn’t normally say ca out.
"If you recover, let’s get married."
「Hospital. Operating Room.」
Sienna Johnson and Walter Klein waited anxiously outside the operating room. Here, ti stretched infinitely. They had no idea how long they had waited; it just felt as if the wait was endless.
Walter Klein didn’t know what to say.
He had gone to buy breakfast for everyone. When he returned, he saw an ambulance parked at the entrance. His first thought was that Adrian Desmond had accidentally killed Sienna Johnson, but the one being carried out on a stretcher was Adrian Desmond.
"Walter, do you think he’ll be alright?" Sienna Johnson asked helplessly, turning to the man beside her who was equally unsure.
"Sixth Master is blessed with great fortune; he’ll be fine." There had been quite a few tis when Adrian Desmond’s life was in danger, but he had always pulled through.
Sienna Johnson couldn’t help but complain, "He wasn’t well enough to be discharged. Why didn’t any of you try to stop him?"
"Madam, you know Sixth Master’s temperant. Once he decides on sothing, who can prevent it?"
Sienna Johnson fell silent.
It was three hours later when Adrian Desmond was wheeled out. He still hadn’t awakened, but his wound had been treated, he’d received a blood transfusion, and his body temperature had returned to normal.
Adrian Desmond was sent to the Intensive Care Unit. He still needed to be observed for another night to see if he was out of danger. Walter Klein directly told her not to leave.
"Madam, you know Sixth Master’s temperant. If you leave and he wakes up, he’ll go looking for you again. I won’t be able to stop him then."
"But I need to go ho and change." Her clothes were wrinkled, she hadn’t showered, and her body carried Adrian Desmond’s strong, masculine scent.
"Madam, Sixth Master’s previous room was a Deluxe Ward with a bathroom. You can shower there. As for clothes, I’ll go buy so for you right now."
With that, Walter Klein turned to leave.
"Wait, I haven’t told you my size yet..." Sienna Johnson called out, but Walter Klein, fearing she would change her mind, hurried away without a backward glance.
Sienna Johnson sighed.
Sienna Johnson glanced back at the still unconscious man, truly at a loss for words.
Sienna Johnson called Vivian Abbey to explain the work situation. Then, she called Kiki and only relaxed after confirming that Curly was safe.
"Please keep a close eye on Curly for the next few days. Don’t let her be alone." Thinking of lanie Carpenter, Sienna Johnson still felt uneasy.
"What’s wrong?" Kiki asked.
"lanie Carpenter said that if I stay with Adrian Desmond, she’ll harm Curly. Kiki, I’m worried."
"Ah?" Kiki was startled. "Then what should we do? What should we do?"
"Kiki, don’t panic. lanie Carpenter is in Abyanabad, after all. Her reach doesn’t extend to Sileria City. She might just be making empty threats."
"I’ll ask Lucas Robertson to keep an eye on Curly," Kiki said, still worried.
"Lucas Robertson is back?"
"Yes, he returned last night. He was going to look for you, but you weren’t in," Kiki said.
"When you see him, tell him to call back on this number."
"Okay."
"Sienna, Lucas Robertson brought a woman back with him."
"Oh?"
"Her na is Mina. She’s the younger sister of his late fiancée. I heard Mina has no other relatives, so Lucas Robertson brought her back."
Sienna Johnson listened carefully to Kiki’s voice, trying to discern her feelings about this. After all, Kiki had once loved Lucas Robertson.
"She won’t beco attached to Lucas, will she?" Sienna Johnson asked.
"They say Mina looks a lot like Lucas’s deceased fiancée. Lucas loved his late fiancée so dearly. If Mina and he truly end up together, it wouldn’t be a bad thing," Kiki said calmly, her tone unreadable.
"And you? What are your thoughts on it?" Sienna Johnson asked.
"I consider Lucas Robertson a part of my family. I wish him happiness."
"Kiki, I want you to be happy too! If Lucas Robertson really intends to marry Mina, don’t grieve or feel heartbroken over a man like that." Sienna Johnson was worried Kiki might get stuck on him.
"I won’t..." Kiki trailed off.
Kiki had been by Sienna Johnson’s side for years, and her thinking had been influenced to so extent. That’s why she could be so philosophical about Lucas Robertson.
"That’s good to hear."
"I’ll go talk to Lucas Robertson now. You should focus on your work. I’ll take good care of Curly," Kiki said.
Sienna Johnson said emotionally, "If I were a man, I’d marry you!"
"Then in our next life, you be the man, and I’ll be the woman. You have to rember to marry !" Kiki replied.
Sienna Johnson laughed. "Alright, I’ll definitely marry you in our next life!"
"Who are you planning to marry in your next life?" A sudden male voice interrupted their lighthearted banter. Sienna Johnson looked over and saw Adrian Desmond, his eyes open. He had woken up at so point.
"You’re awake?"
Sienna Johnson ended the call with Kiki. "Kiki, sothing’s co up here. I have to go."
"Are you uncomfortable anywhere? Should I call the doctor?" She quickly examined him, her fingers pressing against his wrist to check his pulse. Normal.
"Who did you say you were going to marry in your next life?"
This man!
Sienna Johnson retorted, "Kiki!"
"No! In your next life, you can only marry !"
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