Theodore laid on the hospital bed with a hollow look in his eyes.

He had asked himself countless times why he was still alive.

Why was he in the hospital when he opened his eyes?

He was the only one living in that house, with no servants on duty.

He was all alone, surrounded by a pile of wine bottles, fully intending to drink to his death. He was all prepared to welcome death, and even thought he saw the grim reaper waving his hands at him. Yet, when he next opened his eyes, he found himself in the hospital.

It was dark and silent in the ward. The air felt as though it was frozen, the silence deafening.

Theodore looked out the window, and saw a weak ray of sunshine peeking shyly through the curtains. It was as bashful as a young lover, but he could still feel the warmth on his cheeks.

Unfortunately, this ray of sunshine wasn't enough to resist the gloom in his heart. All it did was to trace the outline of his emaciated and haggard face.

He hated the sunshine.

The door to the ward suddenly opened and Sydney walked in. She had a bouquet of fresh flowers in hand, which she began displaying in a vase.

Theodore continued lying silently on the bed, as if he didn't see her at all.

A light fragrance filled the air in the room.

Theodore furrowed his brows. "What are you doing here?"

"My son almost died. Can't I come?"

call from the hospital, she was scared

the doctor managed

that you can't touch alcohol. Why did you drink so much? Must you make your family worry and suffer because of you?

soulless. The usual color on his cheeks had faded, leaving behind deathly

their usual radiance. They looked dim and hazy, like the

voice broke Sydney's

not for your dad and I, won't you think for Grandma? She raised you when you were

recognize who I am now, so what if I die? Just find someone who looks like me as a replacement and she'll take him as me, just like

as how Sebastian replaced

You're the only one in this world and you're irreplaceable. You're

wanted to tell Theodore that

after hiding it from him for so long might break him even further. He wasn't in

worried that he

brows furrowed at her words. "What did

father one day. If your

pursed his lips, silently letting the bitterness in his heart overwhelm him. Sydney's words seemed

my

a child with another woman. He

Rose. If only Rose were pregnant back then! He would then have a

long as they remained together, the misunderstandings that laid between them would surely

chance

hoped so hard that Rose would become pregnant, but his hopes had been in

of him, Theodore Spencer,

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