Chapter 183

Marie and the rest of the domestic staff were nowhere to be found as Estrella, overwhelmed by despair and helplessness, wept inconsolably.

“Bryce,” No one came out of the house. Feeling waves of intense pain in her stomach, Estrella burst into tears.

Today, she shouldn’t have trusted Jason to pick her up, gone back to Sandalwood Oasis with Drew, and waited for Jason at home.

If only she had returned to Waterfall Acres, she wouldn’t have had that nasty encounter with that stray cat, and taken this terrible fall.

“Ella.” Just as Estrella was about to muster the strength to get up, Bryce’s voice suddenly filled the air behind her. Bryce went pale when he saw Estrella crumpled on the ground. He rushed to her side, dropping to his knees and steadying her. “Ella, what happened?”

His gaze settled on Estrella’s face, red-nosed and tear-streaked, and his heart shattered into pieces. In all the years he’d known Estrella, she’d rarely ever cried, let alone appeared so disheveled and helpless.

Bryce was there, and to Estrella, he was a lifeline. She clutched at his collar desperately, “Bryce, the hospital. Take me to the hospital.”

Bryce, trembling, lifted Estrella off the ground and made a beeline for the hospital. On the way, Bryce’s shaking didn’t cease. His lips turned a worrying shade of blue.

He had never been so anxious and frightened in his 23 years of life, especially seeing Estrella’s face drained of color. A mix of tenderness and rage boiled inside him.

Estrella had to divorce Jason no matter what.

Outside the operating room, when the nurse handed Estrella’s down jacket to him, Bryce only then noticed blood on the clothes. Back at Sandalwood Oasis, Estrella’s layers had concealed the blood, and the waterproof jacket hadn’t let it seep through. Now, gazing at Estrella’s stained clothes, Bryce felt as if his heart had been ripped out.

risked everything all those years ago to

Sandalwood Oasis.

ventured out into the yard to look for her and

to bottom, sighing helplessly when she

and she had waited at home for hours for nothing. If Marie were in Estrella’s shoes, she’d be livid

Holly’s return, with Jason starting to stay out, Marie had been worried sick about the young couple’s marriage. She couldn’t help

going to play dead, at least do it convincingly! What sense does it make to suddenly

the hospital

gazed out at the heavy snowfall and then at Jason, sitting

softly, “Jason, it’s been ages since Ravenwood has seen such a heavy snow.

silent. Even without words, just having him by her side made Holly feel like she had the

outside, Holly spoke again, her voice tinged with nostalgia. “Jason, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could turn back time, if we…” Noticing Jason’s mood, Holly tactfully let the sentence trail off. Whatever the case, having him close was all

was finally

“Ella.”

her hands in theirs. It was

them and her father, no one knew of her pregnancy. She’d asked not to tell her mother, fearing her mother might cry her eyes out. So Bryce kept it to himself, only telling Jesse that

her several times, but when

quietly by her side. They stayed through the night. The snow finally ceased after seven or eight hours, layering the world in about a foot of white. The world outside was alive with festive

finally broke the silence. “She’s been out for so long now.”

she’ll be alright,” Bryce assured her, though his

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