Jonathan’s words were like thunder blasting on the top of Dorothy’s head. She raised her stiff face and smiled faintly. “Mr. Stanton, then what do you want? Do you want me to give him my life?”
Upon hearing this, Jonathan smiled coldly and said with great helplessness, “Dorothy, what do I need your life for? I just want to remind you that if something serious happens to Credence, you will be held responsible.”
What the f*ck was wrong with these two?
In the past, when Dorothy fell in love with Credence, he scoffed at her and treated her badly. However, now that Credence loved her, she firmly rejected him to torture him. It was really hard to tell who was wrong and who was right.
Jonathan kept his usual carefree attitude and sighed deeply, “Dorothy, I’m begging you. If Credence wakes up after the operation, can you not be so stubborn? Try to coax him with a few words to make him feel better. He will recover faster that way. After all, if he gets better, it will be good for you too!”
Dorothy raised her head. She did not understand why the man’s attitude had become soft.
However, she could tell from the bottom of her heart that he and Marvin really cared about Credence with full sincerity. They did not seem to want to give up on him at all.
Jonathan lowered his eyebrows and sighed, as he earnestly tried to persuade her. “As a bystander, I can tell you honestly. This time, Credence really wants to live a good life with you. Can you two stop torturing each other?”
“I didn’t mean to torture him.”
Dorothy let out a cold smile. “Mr. Stanton, from what you said, it seems like if Credence slaps me, I have to accept it and not hold grudges. And if he gives me some candy, I have to accept it and be deeply grateful for him. Is that what you mean?”
Unfortunately, I am just an ordinary woman. I can’t return good for evil.”
Marvin had already finished talking with Dr. Andrews. He came over with a frown as he was filled with anxiety. He happened to hear what Dorothy said, and said a fair word to her. “He reaped what he sowed. This is not entirely your fault! But if Credence wakes up, you are the person he wants to see the most!
Dorothy, I hope you can give him another chance. You two should sit down and have a good talk.
After you two have made it clear, it’s your business whether you want to continue your relationship or go your own separate ways. Jonathan and I won’t bother you then, what do you think?”
His words seemed reasonable, thus Dorothy stopped refuting. She only nodded stiffly.
She walked to a remote corner and called Germaine, who was in the apartment. “I am in the hospital. Something happened. I hope you can take care of Belle for the time being. She loves to hear the story of Snow White. Read that to her, and it will be easier for her to fall asleep.”
“Dory, I have coaxed Belle to sleep already. Wait, didn’t you reserve a hotel room with Juelz? Why are you in the hospital?”
“F*ck, I might have just gotten some scandalous information. You city people really know how to play. Did you play too hard and ended up in the hospital?”
“Let me guess, did Juelz stick a golfball in you or something?”
“What? No.”
Dorothy hurriedly interrupted Germaine’s dirty thoughts. She looked up at the flashing red indicator lights on the operating room, and her lips turned pale. “Credence is undergoing emergency treatment in the hospital. When Juelz and I were about to go back, Marvin took me here by force.”
“Credence is being treated in the hospital? Is he dying? F*ck, this must be a day for celebration! Haha, Dory, should I go out to buy fireworks in the supermarket to celebrate?”
For a moment, Dorothy did not know whether she wanted to cry or laugh. When she was about to speak, she noticed that the operating room’s indicator lights had quietly gone out. The door was opened from the inside by the doctor, and they were pushing a large bed. Under the white quilt was Credence’s long and thin body.
His haggard and pale face could be seen under the white surgical cap.
His eyes were closed peacefully, and his pale eyelids had covered his eyeballs. An oxygen mask covered the tip of his nose. He did not make any sound, nor could she feel any temperature from him. There were barely any traces of his chest rising and falling.
The wound on his chest was covered by the quilt, so she did not know how he was doing.
Dorothy hung up the phone. She stared at the man’s rare weak appearance and became flustered. In the blink of an eye, tears fell and splattered on the cold floor. The lights reflected on it and made it look like small crystals.
She clearly hated him, but why was she crying?
Dorothy seemed confused for a moment. She bit her lips and stayed silent.
“Credence, wake up. Can you stop sleeping? Motherf*cker, if you keep sleeping, your woman will run off with another man.”
Jonathan mumbled as he followed the bed. Occasionally, he would squint and glare at Dorothy, as he snorted disdainfully.
Dorothy pretended not to hear him. She lowered her head and blinked her eyes quickly to wipe away the tears at the corners of her eyes.
Marvin inadvertently turned his head around and saw her crying silently with his sharp eyes. From the looks of it, she did not seem to think as little of Credence as she said she did. She felt complicated at that moment.
He instinctively slowed down his pace and waited for Dorothy to catch up. He looked at her deeply and said, “The doctor said the next 36 hours is a critical period for him. If Credence can wake up, he will be fine. But if he doesn’t, he might never wake up for the rest of his life.”
Dorothy listened in silence with her head down. She had mixed feelings in her heart, and it made her feel bad.
This was a critical time where death was involved. It did not matter whether she wanted to complain about him or hate him anymore.
Belle’s little life could only have a chance to survive if he survived.
In the emergency ward.
Dorothy looked through the glass window and saw that Credence’s body was filled with transparent tubes. Liquid continuously entered his body, but he never reacted to it. He laid on the bed and remained as still as the surface of the water. He did not move at all, as if he was dead.
Juelz rushed over at half past six the next morning. He brought breakfast and some nutritious soup. He looked at the dark circles around Dorothy’s eyes and felt distressed and sad. “Dory, you’ve been waiting beside his bed like a fool all night. Didn’t you sleep at all?”
“Is he so good that you have to stay up all night for him?”
He did not know what was so great about this dying man in the hospital bed. He was just a little bit more handsome and stronger than himself. Which part of him was better?
At this moment, he was weaker than a three-year-old. It seemed like he would die if someone just laid a finger on him.
Dorothy had long finished washing herself. She took a few sips of the nutritious soup, and her numb body finally regained some life. She sighed with satisfaction and said, “Juelz, I’m not guarding him for his sake. It’s for Belle.”
When it came to Belle, Juelz was no longer jealous. He forced Dorothy to finish all her food, then he asked a nurse to book a VIP ward on the same floor. He brought Dorothy into the ward for a rest, with a cold face.
Dorothy was so tired that she did not resist his kindness. Her vision turned dark the moment she laid on the bed and fell asleep immediately.
She fell into a deep sleep. The next afternoon, she hurriedly looked at her wristwatch and realized the 36 hours that the doctors had announced were coming to an end. She hurriedly got down from the bed and staggered out.
As soon as she walked towards the door, she collided with Juelz.
Dorothy ignored the pain on her forehead. She grabbed Juelz’s arm and asked unknowingly, “How is he? Is he awake?”