Charles‘s POV:
After leaving the Hills‘s house, I got into my car and shut the door. The words “died with her unborn child” was a huge mystery that couldn‘t get out of my mind. Scarlett was never a person to talk nonsense. What happened a year ago that made her leave without even saying goodbye to her three children? I had a guess at the back of my mind, but I eventually set it aside. I was too scared of thinking about it. It scared me to my core that once I found out what really happened a year ago, I wouldn‘t deserve the right to ask Scarlett for forgiveness. I leaned against the back of my seat and pinched the bridge of my nose. My thoughts and worries had been doing a horrible number on my heart and nerves.
Then, my phone rang and broke the silence in the car. I picked up right away without looking at the screen. David‘s anxious voice came through.
“Charles, Spencer has been in a car accident.”
“What? Is he all right?” I asked in shock.
“No. The doctor said that he might require an amputation,” David explained in a low voice. He was all choked up as if he was on the verge of tears.
“Where are you? Which hospital?” “Where Christine had her surgery. This is quite serious, man. Should I give Gemma a call?” David asked in a trembling voice.
“You should.” I hung up the phone and told Richard to drive to the hospital immediately. When I arrived, I saw David waiting in front of the operating room, his eyes red with frustration and helplessness. When he saw me, he immediately rose from the bench.
“There you are.” I nodded, glanced at the closed operating room, and asked, “How is Spencer?”
“I haven‘t heard anything yet since they rolled him in. He was conscious when he was rushed here. I was also told that his car was totaled and had to be scrapped,” David sighed deeply.
you
they‘re not together anymore, Vivian still has to know,” I said with a long face. Although I didn‘t know why Vivian and Spencer divorced, their relationship had always
Vivian now more than
agreement and immediately took out his phone to call
of the operating room. My heart was racing madly. Gemma rushed over, tears
I tried to comfort her. Just then, a nurse came out of the operating room. She asked anxiously, “Where is
it.” Tears continued to roll down Gemma‘s cheeks. The timbre of her voice told a vivid story of pain and despair. Her cries echoed in the quiet corridor. A sense of powerlessness suddenly gripped my heart with icy fingers. Scarlett‘s POV: On the way home, I sat in the car and looked out the window
on my work. I seriously thought about how to take the project on the east bank from Adam, and what to do with it to maximize the company’s profit. Adam was by no
to think about what to
me, “There will be an auction in a
I nodded.
handed the phone to me with hesitation. I was surprised to see Christine‘s name and phone number on the
know that I had come back?
moment, I was ‘paralyzed by indecision. Although I asked Hugo to perform the operation and save Christine‘s life, it didn‘t mean that I still wanted to have any contact with
call for me,” I ordered Elena. I turned away and
the phone on speaker. Christine’s familiar voice sounded in the quiet car, and my eyes immediately stung with tears. “I would like to speak with Scarlett, please. I know
I caught a hint of expectation in her tone, which made me want to talk to
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