Chapter 23: Don’t Let Me Die in Bed

She stood by the bed, watching him lie unconscious.

He looked so fragile right now.

The sharp, proud aura about him was gone. He couldn’t do anything to hurt her now.

She clutched the pillow in her hands.

’He deserves to die.’

’Making me love him so much, only to hate him this intensely now.’

’All my joy and all my pain come from him.’

Chloe Reed’s emotions churned, but in the end, she let go.

’I can’t do it.’

’I just want a divorce. I just want to get away from him, not for him to die.’

After all, this was the man she had loved for eight years!

She backed away slowly and sat down in a chair.

The unconscious man was completely oblivious.

morning, Walker Grant was jolted awake by a surge of pain. He opened his eyes and

back when

he saw a figure curled up in the

was hugging herself, like

labored, and though his fever had subsided, the pain in his back was

he gazed at her sleeping face, as if

「The next day.」

woken by a searing

opened her eyes to find herself being

body was comfortable,

pushed the

him flat on his back. His handsome face instantly contorted, and cold sweat beaded on

"Chloe..."

voice was incredibly

shot

of the time they went skiing years ago. She’d been a poor skier and had lost control of her board, careening down the slope. To save her, Walker Grant had grabbed her, and the two of them had tumbled down the hill together. His leg had smashed against a

his hospital stay, he had been so clingy, always telling her how much it hurt and coaxing her into doing all sorts of things that made her

wave of sweetness washed over her, followed instantly by a sharp, piercing

She looked at him. "Now that all you think about is that mother and her son, isn’t it only right you suffer a little for

Grant’s brows knitted together tightly as

old gentleness and

that remained were

wasn’t used

Reed, on the other hand, got out of bed

said, "Don’t play pitiful to cover up the fact that you lied to me, Walker Grant. As long as you can still move, you’re coming with me to

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