Chapter 8
Vroom!
The sharp sound of the police siren sliced through the night, and in less than three minutes, all medical personnel had gathered.
“Let’s go!”
I followed the team, rushing forward, a sense of unease stirring in my chest.
This siren was rarely heard. When it rang, it meant an emergency was unfolding.
The last time it sounded, it was because of a car bomb terrorist attack, resulting in countless casualties.
I hoped the injuries this time wouldn’t be as
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“Estelle, don’t be afraid. I’m here.”
Tavius said, rushing to my side and gently stroking my back.
Not far away, the battlefield was ablaze, flames shooting into the sky.
Yet somehow, I found myself calm, no longer afraid.
Soon, we arrived at the scene, and the faces of everyone around us immediately tightened.
All around, there were ruined walls and broken bodies.
Half an hour ago, this residential area had been bombed on a large scale, and many
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civilians who failed to evacuate had either died or been injured.
Blood, severed limbs, and broken bones… the scene was chaotic, a pervasive sense of death hanging in the air
I hurried to the nearest wounded person and began to treat them.
One by one, the injured were brought back to camp, and I kept performing rescue after rescue, unaware of how long I had stayed in this area,
“Find cover! A second round of bombing is coming!”
Someone shouted urgently, and I looked up in a daze, only to see a burst of fire descending quickly,
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Before I could react, I was shoved into a nearby shelter by a man.
The violent explosions roared around me, and screams filled the air. For a moment, I couldn’t tell if I was in hell.
It was hard to tell how much time passed, but finally, the second round of bombing ended.
I crawled back to the original spot and finally saw the face of the man who had saved me.
“Derick?!”
After a day and night of treatment, Derick’s life was barely saved.
Wrapped in bandages on the hospital bed, he was still unconscious, just having passed the critical period.
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Though the bomb hadn’t directly hit him, the explosion’s intense heat had caused severe burns.
He might end up like me–his hearing likely to be severely impaired until he could no longer hear anything.
Over the past two days, I had also learned some things from my aunt.
The last time Derick came to the camp to see me, he had been ordered to return home by the family elders. As president of the Presley Group, he couldn’t just be in dangerous places.
But this time, he secretly handed over the presidency and ran abroad, joining Doctors Without Borders to ask for my forgiveness.
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I stood by his bed, my emotions a mixture of many things.
Suddenly, Derick groaned in pain and slowly opened his eyes.
He looked around in confusion, as if not understanding why he had ended up this
way.
“Honey, my whole body hurts, and I can’t move. What happened to me?”
I looked at him with pity and slowly explained his injuries.
Derick’s eyes moved from disbelief to pain and despair, finally turning into pure madness.
“Bitch, shut up! How dare you lie to me? Just because I cheated on you, you’re going to
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get revenge on me like this?! Severe burns and deafness–it’s all your fault, not mine!”
The harsh words that once felt unbearable now couldn’t harm me. I bowed deeply to him.
“Derick, thank you for saving me. If you hadn’t pushed me aside during the bombing, I might already be dead”
He laughed crazily, his face twisted as though insane.
“Stop deluding yourself. I never intended to save you!”
“I was trying to get to cover, and you were standing in my way. I just wanted to push you out of the way!”
“You’ve done this to me, and I’m going to
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make you pay!”
I never imagined this would be the reason.
I thought Derick had pushed me to save me, but it turned out he had only pushed me aside to ensure his own survival.
The man on the hospital bed was still shouting that I would pay a painful price.
“Fine, I’ll take care of your medical and rehabilitation costs. I’ll take full responsibility for this matter.”
Derick raised an eyebrow, a wicked smile curling at his lips.
“That’s not enough. You also have to
guarantee my happiness for the rest of my life.”
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“That’s absolutely impossible!”
Tavius’s firm voice rang out from behind me.
“Mr. Presley, no matter the reason, my fiancée is the one you saved, and I’m very grateful to you. I’ll cover all the expenses, but as for anything else, that’s out of the question.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Tavius took me and left.
I ignored Derick’s furious questions and cries, staring at him steadily.
“Fiancée? How come I didn’t know about that?”
Tavius smiled without answering and led me to a secret base on a hilltop.
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The stars sparkled in the night sky, and a bouquet of starflowers was handed to me. This time, I didn’t hesitate and gently accepted it.
He knelt solemnly before me, pulling a ring from his pocket. The light reflecting off the ring sparkled like the stars above.
“Estelle, you are my whole sky, my heart’s joy. Will you marry me?”
Tears of joy welled up in my eyes, and I reached out my hand, nodding vigorously.
“I will!”
Under the starry sky, we held each other tightly.
A group of children ran around the corner, surrounding us and singing the local
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wedding song.
I patted their heads and hummed along with them, singing a song I didn’t know.
On this starry night, I made a vow to spend my life with him.
Through the changing of the seasons, every night would be as brilliant and warm as this one, until eternity.
The End.
Book 4: I Had A Funeral For My Prented–Dead Husband
In the first month after my husband went missing while diving, I saw him kissing Ariyal passionately from upstairs.
I stood in the shadows, watching him enjoy
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his freedom, my heart shattered.
Then, I organized a grand funeral for him.
His cousin, Nill, was there. When my ex husband found out about my relationship with him, he completely broke down.
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