Harper cried for two hours as if all her tears had dried up before she stopped sobbing. Taya mocked her with a smile.
“I didn’t expect you to be such a crybaby.” Harper was not in the mood to joke with her. “Does Stella know you can’t see?”
Taya shook her head. “I don’t want to bother her.” Hearing this, Harper felt very sad. She thought Taya probably felt that she would die soon, so she didn’t care whether her eyes worked.
She stared at Taya’s dull eyes, suppressed her emotions, and asked hoarsely, “Taya, when did your heart start to fail?” Harper had checked and found that heart failure would take a long time to reach the late stage.
Taya had to have known about this for a long time. Taya’s heart had declined before she was injured by the Knight family, which meant that Taya had experienced something that led to her entering the terminal stage.
Taya struggled to stand up and said softly to Harper, “Do you remember the two kicks that Jackson gave me five years ago?” Harper suddenly realized something. “Did those two feet cause your heart failure?” Taya nodded.
“My new heart was broken by him. At that time, the doctor told me I would have heart failure, that maybe I could hold on for a few years.
Later, maybe I didn’t take care of myself well enough, and my heart failure became more serious…” Feeling that Harper was clenching her hand tightly, Taya patted the back of her hand and motioned for her to relax. I’ve been under treatment for some time.
I wanted to tell you so many times, but I was terrified you’d let your wolf do something reckless.” Harper understood. Jackson caused her heart failure, and now Griffon reduced her life even more. In
Taya’s short life, the two men she fell in love with were responsible for ending it. And after hurting her, the two men disappeared without saying a word. Harper’s wolf and heart were resentful, and she wished she could tear those two arrogant men apart. Taya was not as angry as Harper. She seemed to have let go of it a long time ago.
“Don’t blame Silas. He doesn’t know anything about it. Besides, he worked hard to earn the operation fee for me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have survived until now…” Seeing that she was still speaking up for Silas, Harper suddenly felt that it was not worth it. “Taya, you’re so stupid…” Taya didn’t take it seriously.
She lowered her eyes and didn’t say anything, but the scene of Griffon slapping her flashed through her mind. The more she went there with Silas, the more she missed Griffon. However, it was one-sided for her to love Griffon. It was stupid. Harper couldn’t bear to hurt Taya, so she didn’t mention the past again.
She just asked, “Are you feeling unwell anywhere?” Taya shook her head. It didn’t matter where she felt uncomfortable now, so she didn’t want to bother the doctors. Harper touched her face. “You’re sweating all over.
I’ll get a cool washcloth…” Taya replied very softly, “Okay.” Then, she didn’t have the strength to speak anymore.
Harper released her hand and left to find a nurse. As soon as she left the ward, she bumped into Jackson, whose face was pale. His whole body was trembling, and his eyes were red. It seemed that he had been standing here for a long time. Harper looked at him in surprise and asked indifferently,
“Didn’t you return to Wolverly Capital? Why are you here?” Jackson did not reply. He raised his eyes, which were shining with the emotion of his wolf. Seeing him like this, Harper immediately understood.
“Did you hear what I said to Taya just now?” Jackson nodded like a marionette and remained silent. Perhaps he was too ashamed to know the truth. Harper said nothing else, just went to find a cool washcloth. Jackson stood at the door and looked at the petite, weak body on the hospital bed. Tears filled his eyes.
He steadied his trembling body, clenched his fists, and walked to the bed slowly. Taya felt that someone was approaching. She thought that it was Harper, so she reached out to grab their clothes.
“Harper…” Before she could touch anything, a large hand caught hers. The hand was trembling slightly. He seemed to have much to say, but he couldn’t. He could only hold Taya’s hand and didn’t let go.
The image of Griffon’s handsome face appeared, but she felt it couldn’t be him. Taya tried to call out, “Silas…” Jackson didn’t expect her to recognize him and didn’t let go of her hand. This made him feel a little guilty.
He clenched Taya’s hand tightly and sat before the hospital bed. He didn’t say anything, just touched Taya’s cheek and carefully traced it from top to bottom. She didn’t push him away, and her heart was calm. After a few minutes, Jackson said hoarsely, “Taya…” He gently called her name as if he was calling his beloved.
Taya asked softly, “Why are you back…?” Jackson smiled bitterly. “I felt like something was wrong, so I came back to see you…” He had been very agitated in the past two days, and his heart kept beating as something had happened.
All he knew was that his wolf was on edge more so than ever before, urging him to go back to Arcadia and find Taya.
He went to her house and waited for a whole night. No one came or went, and Taya and Harper did not answer the phone. He had to find Stella to learn that Taya was in the hospital. He was glad that he was here. Otherwise, he would regret it for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, he was the one who caused her illness…
He held her hand, put it to his lips, and kissed it gently. “Taya, I’m sorry…” Taya guessed that he had heard her conversation with Harper. Now in the face of his apology, she no longer felt anything.
Perhaps she had let go of many things when she was close to death. In the past, she could not see through life and death, but now she felt that there was nothing to be persistent about in life. Taya smiled and comforted him. “I have a bad heart. It’s not your fault…” Jackson shook his head, his bloodshot eyes full of self-blame.
“Taya, let me…” Hearing such emotion in his voice that he couldn’t finish speaking, Taya frowned slightly. Although she didn’t know what he wanted to say, it didn’t matter anymore. Taya tried her best to squeeze his palm.
“Silas, I can’t see you now… But I’ll always be able to picture you when we were younger, when we were our best selves. Remember my best image, too, okay?” Jackson’s eyes were red, and Adam’s apple bobbed. “Okay.” “Go back to Wolverly Capital. I don’t want you to see me dead.”