Chapter 5
When I woke up again, I was lying on a bed in a private hospital, and sitting in front of me was Kieran with dark circles under his eyes
“You made it…”
My voice came out hoarse
He spoke softly. “After you called me, I rushed over immediately… I’m sorry I’m late…“||
As Kieran spoke, his eyes reddened slightly, and this six–foot–tall strong man nuzzled against the back of my hand, looking as aggrieved as a child who’d lost his candy
“Ivy, you scared the hell out of me… I just got you back, and I… I thought you were going to leave me again.”
I managed a smile, feeling my hody slowly recovering from the brink of death
“No, not this time.“]
No.
Kieran didn’t have the heart to tell me that I’d still lost the baby.
But given how sick I was, I could guess.
It was an accident anyway–even if the baby had been born, finding out about his origins would’ve made him miserable.]]
Maybe it was better this way.
But Darias…]
Just thinking about him made my insides twist into knots.
This man I’d loved for five years, who’d been married to me for three years, turned out had always seen me as trash.]]
From beginning to end, from head to toe, he found me disgusting, didn’t want to touch me, thought I was revolting, and even when I wanted to have a chuld, he just used some driver’s sperms to fool me.]
Seeing
g me about to dry heave again, Kieran jumped up anxiously and put his hands under my chin, ready to catch whatever came up |
I froze, my heart slapping a heat. The nausea subsided considerably
“You… you don’t think I’m disgusting?”
Pain flashed in Kieran’s eyes. He turned me to face him seriously.
“Ivy, listen to me. What happened back then wasn’t your fault–not even a little bit. I won’t let you talk about yourself like that.“]
Even after Kieran stepped out to take a work call my brain was still foggy, trying to process what he’d sal
Back then, Kieran was the arranged marriage partner my parents had set up for me.]
We’d been together for two years and were about to get married when something unexpected happened.]
I was kidnapped and hold captive on my way home from a party, repeatedly assaulted by the kidnappers.
Afterward, all evidence pointed to the kidnappers having a vendetta against the Sterling family.
Kieran thought his family had dragged the into this mess. Too ashamed to face me, be left a hundred million dollars in compensation and personally led a team overseas to hunt down the kidnappers]
Two years later, when he’d eliminated the entire gang, he discovered it had nothing to do with his family at all.]
When he came back with evidence to propose to me, I was already married to Darius
I still remember that night-
Kieran’s eyes red with tears as he pressed a piece of paper with a string of numbers into my palm.]
“Ivy, I owe you a marriage, and I’ll wait for you forever. As long as I’m still alive, as long as you’re not happy, if you ever regret it, contact me anytime. This is my number, and I’ll never change it. As long as you call me, no matter when, I’ll appear immediately and take you home.”]]
I had thought I’d never dial that number in my entire life, but I never expected that day to come so soon
Just then. Kieran had finished handling his work and quietly pushed the door open, carrying takeout he’d just ordered. Everything was made with ingredients I loved–you could tell he’d put thought into it
I drank three bowls of soup, which was unprecedented for me, and realized this was probably the most satisfying meal I’d had in three years
