Taya was on IV drips for a few more days in the hospital, and with Griffon by her side, taking meticulous care of her. On the day she was discharged from the hospital, Griffon couldn’t hold on anymore and had almost collapsed to the ground while she was in the bathroom washing herself up. At the sight of the scene, the terrified bodyguards standing at the door rushed in to hold him up. “Sir, are you alright?” Griffon pushed the bodyguard away to lean against the wall with one hand, stabilizing his figure, as he ordered in a cold voice, “Go get the car.”” The bodyguard was a little worried about him, but he was in no place to defy Alpha Knight’ orders, so he had no choice but to turn around and walk out of the ward.
Griffon settled onto the sofa, propped his forehead with one hand, and rubbed his aching temples. When Taya exited the bathroom, she saw him sitting still with his eyes closed, looking unwell. With her clothes in hand, she walked towards him and saw him opening his eyes before she could even ask. “I have a headache. Could you let me get some rest before I send you back to the villa to pack up?” Taya nodded and gave him another look before asking, “Do you need the doctor?” Griffon waved his hand to refuse. “No need…” After his voice trailed away, he closed his dull hawk-eyes. After a few seconds of hesitation, Taya turned around and packed up her clothes. Not long after, the bodyguard showed up. “Sir, the car is ready.” Griffon opened his eyes once more and gave the bodyguards another look, motioning for the bodyguard to come and help him up. The bodyguard who had stayed by his side for some time understood it immediately and strode forward to offer his a*sistance. With the support of his bodyguards, Griffon got up from the sofa to stabilize his figure before walking toward Taya whose back was facing him. “Are you ready?” With a slight nod, Taya reached out to lift the suitcase on the ground. Yet Griffon responded by taking her hand, saying softly, “Let them do it.” With that, he led her by the hand, all the way to the elevator, before sending her to the car… Griffon didn’t get anyone to help Taya pack her stuff, perhaps to selfishly stay with her just a little longer.
He turned his head to look at the quiet woman beside him, instinctively raising his fingers to tousle her hair which was fluttering in the wind… Before his hand could touch her, he paused, allowing Taya’s fine hair to brush across his fingertips along the wind… He was eager to hold firmly onto love and the woman, but he dared not do so, for fear that if he did, the wind would snatch him of his beloved, just like how it was for him right then. The glaring sunlight seeped in, shining on his eyes. He let go of his hands and covered his pink-rimmed eyes. The car soon arrived at the entrance of the villa. Griffon didn’t open the door for her. Instead, he said, “I’ll be waiting for you.” Taya turned her head in response, opened the car door and got out of the car, walking towards the villa.
The bodyguard turned to give the pale-faced Griffon a worried look. “Sir, can you still manage it?” Griffon nodded lightly. At the very least, he had to hold on until he sent her to the airport and witnessed her leave before succumbing to his exhausted body…. He would never allow Taya to worry… As the thought crossed his mind, Griffon let out a self-deprecating laugh. What was he thinking? Why would she worry about him? In fact, Taya’s things were all packed. The main thing she had to do was to take her phone. While Griffon wasn’t paying attention in the past few days, she charged her phone and contacted Neil. She had requested Neil to return to US without her, but Neil insisted that since she would be leaving Griffon, he would wait for her before they leave for US together. During the few days in the hospital, Griffon prepared a plane. ticket for her and Neil after he agreed to let her go. Taya replied to Neil’s texts, and after they agreed to meet at the airport, she walked out of the villa with her belongings. and returned to the car. Griffon reached out to her and requested. “Let me hug you again…” Taya’s eyelashes lowered with her gaze. After a few seconds of stillness, she shook her head to reject his pleas. Seeing so, Griffon slowly withdrew his arms which were freezing mid-air, his fingers curling into a fist with his fingernails piercing into his palm.
The car soon came to a stop at the airport. Taya pushed the door open but was held back when Griffon swiftly grabbed her hand. With a pale face, he gripped her wrist tightly, his voice hoarse. “Let me send you in.” Taya parted her lips and was about to say something. Griffon interrupted her in time. “I’ll leave after seeing you off. Don’t reject me.” He led her out of the car, ordered the bodyguards to take her suitcases, and sent her into the airport in person. When Taya saw Neil sitting in the terminal, she raised her head slightly to tell the man beside her. “Here will do.” With that, she added, “Thank you for everything all this while.” When she tried to withdraw her hand, she found Griffon clutching her wrist tightly, refusing to let go. Taya raised her eyes to look at him after some slight struggle. “Are you going to go back on your words again?” Griffon shook his head as he pulled her into his arms, giving her a tight squeeze, as if to crush her into his bones. He rested his head on her shoulder, unwilling to give up as he begged, “Could you give me one last hug?” Hearing those words, Taya’s ruthless heart shuddered, but instead of reaching out to hug him, she stood numbly rooted to the spot. Griffon waited for a few moments yet failed to receive any response from her.
The pain and suffocation rendered him powerless before he released her. “Taya, go, don’t look back.” Taya’s gaze swept past him before she took her suitcases over from Griffon’ bodyguard and turned around without hesitation to walk towards Neil. Looking at the petite figure from behind, Griffon’ eyes welled up in tears… His Taya abandoned him after all… Sure enough, it was like a bubble dream that had burst with a prickle. Everything was just a dream that belonged to him alone. The thought sent a smirk across his proud face. His tragic smile took up so much of the strength in his exhausted body that he could barely stand still. He raised his trembling hand to support himself against the shoulder of the bodyguard, but his stomach was sent swirling in a turmoil of blood… The bone-shattering pain in his body gnawed on his bones. that he couldn’t hold himself from spitting out a big mouthful of blood… “Sir!!!” The bodyguard jumped in shock and helped Griffon, who had blood dripping out from the corner of his lips.
He immediately turned to shout at the rest of the bodyguards behind him. “Quick! Send Alpha Knight to the hospital!” To his surprise, Griffon pushed him away. With his hands. propped on his knees, his eyes were bloodshot as they were fixed on Taya. She hadn’t left, so how could he leave? Between the two of them, she was the only one allowed to leave… Jessica, who hid in the distance, had a triumphant smile blossoming across her face at the sight of Taya and Griffon’ separation. In the next second… The smile on her face vanished… She witnessed the aloof Griffon vomiting blood for a woman! She couldn’t understand why Griffon loved her so much, to such an extent? Jessica stood still, stunned, and was only able to return to herself after a moment of shock… Even if Griffon loved Taya to the core, so what? Love didn’t have a shelf life, so it would never last long. Just like her father, a womanizer drowning in a pool of women, and she herself was not any different.
She had a crush on Griffon and believed in love, but she would never keep her chastity for him. It was why she firmly believed that when time pa*sed, Taya would someday disappear from the spot in Griffon’ heart. After all, it was impossible for a man in the world to love only a woman all his life. Thinking so, she stepped forward, intending to take the opportunity to care for Griffon so as to provide him rea*surance while he was feeling down. Yet, Emelyn was seen one step ahead of her, walking towards Griffon. Jessica halted in her tracks, her icy stare on Emelyn. D*mn it. She had just driven one away, then came another! The man she fell in love with was indeed popular among women…