rned, "Miss, she's still very wea

I need to s

ise, Loraine fought

younger sister, pushing past the nurse and charg

t getting better, and you pushed her down t

had left and attempted to sit up.

all her wealth, attack you? You're just jealous that Marco loves her, not you. You thought

lear her name and her thoughts whirl

ded over with anger. Loraine gazed at him with

push Keely. Ple

e. His face was set in a stern mask, and

ace the consequences of your actions. Keely's kidney is damaged and he

eely's kidney is damaged, Loraine

yes shot op

bodyguards behind Marco, "Ta

rged at Loraine and pi

es fell on deaf ears. In desperation, she tur

ep in, but he remained distant and unmoved, seemingly

Loraine felt he

ssolved entirely, leaving n

affair, with Loraine giving everything and receiving n

ke as truth, while dismissing Lorai

ifference between lo

at she would no lon

kidney, right? Then let me see for my

h to escape the guards' grasp. She dashed out of

g open t

rco's dramatic declarations, she was awake and alert. There

mocked Marco, who was running after her,

the emergency room. His expressio

ebly murmured with tears in her eyes, "M

otion, reached out to stop

dged Marco's attempt, moved directly toward the operating table

echoed loudly througho

. Without a moment's hesitation, Lo

was no deep woun

, Marco's expres

she wouldn't have inflicted anything severe on herself. Since Kee

ng on here?" Marco as

ell there was something off

"I... I don't know. I passed out after Loraine pushed me. I just

e, I might have been on that table, losing a k

ic, turned to Marco for backing. "Marco, don't

which unsettled her, and then he

an explanation," he promised Loraine. "After th

ad once loved with all her hea

ays refused to offer even a bit of it. His promi

e no need for that. All I wa

disbelief, as if she

n three years that he h

She turned and walked awa

out of the hospital, Lo

ts ago was just a facade. Sh

her phone and d

up in front of Loraine, and a good-loo

ht of him, her strength gave o

forward, caught her, a

Rowan..." before she lost