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?"

received a call from the hospital, she was scared out of her wits

the doctor managed to

you make your family worry and suffer because of you? You're clearly tired of living!" Theodore smirked. "I'm sorry for putting

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

lost their usual radiance. They looked dim and hazy, like the fuzzy reflection of the moon on the surface of a

cold voice

won't you think for Grandma? She raised you when you

someone who looks like me as a replacement and she'll take

as how Sebastian

and you're irreplaceable.

wanted to tell Theodore that

for so long might break him even further. He wasn't in

was even more worried that he might end up hating

her words. "What did

from her face. "You'll eventually get married and have children of your own and be a father one day. If

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

never have my own child,

a child with another woman. He couldn't

If only Rose were pregnant back then! He would then have a reason not to divorce

remained together, the misunderstandings that laid between them would

wouldn't stand a chance to

hoped so hard that Rose would become pregnant, but

would be left of him, Theodore Spencer, in this

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