Don't Try to Escape, My Wife!

"Maia will be fine. Don't worry."

Nicole gestured.

"Fine? She's basically drenched in blood."

Tim sat on the bench, battered out of his senses.

He clutched his hair and kept pulling it.

How could he be drunk?

How could he leave Maia facing all this alone?

But it was too late now, no matter how much he regretted it.

Tim was so guilty, while Nicole didn't have a good time, either. She wanted to set Maia up with Tim, but now that Maia was like this, she was so sorry, despite that she knew that it had nothing to do with her.

Gabrielle didn't know how to comfort them, so he could only wait there quietly.

As time passed, the lights in the emergency room finally went out.

Yet, Tim was somehow a little scared.

Neil looked at them as he came out, and whispered, "The patient's not very well now."

"How is she?"

Tim asked hurriedly.

He could feel that his hands were trembling, so was his heart.

Nicole also looked at Neil, nervous.

Neil sighed and said, "The patient suffers multiple fractures. Three ribs were broken, and serious congestion is detected all over the body. Fortunately, she was delivered in time. Otherwise, it is very likely that the blood may press her nerve and cause much worse effects. But, most importantly, the patient's uterus is injured."

"What did you say?"

Tim and Nicole opened their eyes wide on hearing this.

"Neil, is that a confirmed diagnosis?"

Gabrielle was also at a loss.

Neil nodded and said regretfully, "Whoever did this was so ruthless. Uterus is the most vulnerable part of a woman. From the looks of it, it may take a long time to recover, which of course, could only be achieved by applying traditional Chinese massage and acupuncture. Western medicine, I assume, may not work. As for how long it will take, I cannot be sure. Maybe a couple of months, or about a year, or perhaps even longer. And it is possible that when her uterus finally recovers, she's already passed her child-bearing age. That's why I need to see her immediate relatives. I need them to sign on some papers."

Tim was completely dumbfounded.

He knew better than anyone how important uterus is to a woman.

Maia had not been married, and she didn't even have a boyfriend. The best of her life was still yet to come; but now she ended up like this just because of him, a douchebag.

No matter how sorry and regretful he felt, he couldn't turn back time.

Tim's silence broke Nicole's heart.

She took out her phone to look for Maia's info, but found that Maia didn't leave any number of her immediate family.

"What's wrong?"

there was something wrong with Nicole's expression, Gabrielle hurriedly

write down any immediate

Tim frowned.

which village

Maia's information to

a report on Maia

on his phone and was

"What's wrong?"

Nicole asked.

his phone to

with her 15-year-old brother, who was still in school. Maia didn't use a cent of her parents' savings, saying that she would leave the money to her brother to get married in

of this, Nicole's eyes were a little

have been cared and protected from all harms,

his tears. He looked at Neil and said, "I'm her immediate family. I'll be responsible for

"You?"

Gabrielle

stunned for a moment before she heard Tim say, "Yes, I am her fiancé! I will be responsible to her for the rest

at Nicole, then

the glance, Nicole felt so

Tim and Maia could become a couple, but it

"I'll go see him."

to Gabrielle and ran

He stopped in the backyard of the

Tim squatted among the flowers and

shoulders trembled so violently that though he was 6-feet tall, from behind, he just looked like

slowly walked over and sat

know how to comfort him. After all, with what had happened, even

crying at the familiar

at the sky, as if

out her hand and

"I'm fine!"

whispered, "Nicole, I'm afraid I can't love you in the

tears again

that he was like a child now, but he

his life, that even if his hair went grey,

vanished into the air and

with Nicole and that his life would no longer be centered

I've always thought that as long as I work hard or persist, I will eventually succeed. Even if our hair is already grey by then, I

that, Tim covered his face in

let go of his feelings for her, but she didn't

you know, I've always hoped that you

Nicole gestured.

smiled bitterly and said, "You are not me. How do you know that waiting for you is not my best way of life? But what's the use of saying this now? I was destined to let you slip. If it weren't for Maia, I might still be able to persevere. But now she has ended up like this; her future, her life shouldn't have been like this. It was all because of me that she's like this now. I want to be responsible for her, but Nicole, if I'm gonna do that, I will have to give up my love for you. I can't fail her. If I keep having you in my heart, it will be the greatest insult and injustice to her. I want to try to take back my love for you, to try to love Maia, and to try to give her everything that

got up from

Nicole's shoulder

be like

happiness shouldn't be like

wanted to comfort him and say something, but found that words were so pale and powerless.

Tim was joking when he said that he loved her. She thought that Tim would forget about this "love" after a

couldn't give Tim the