The Bound Between Us

Chapter 184

Time sliced through Herman like a razor-sharp knife, again and again. No visible wounds, but he felt the pain all over.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, time was dragging by. Waiting, Herman was strung up like a tight violin string. Doctors kept rushing bags of blood into the operating room, trying their damnedest to save Anastasia.

Katelyn was watching this, all nervous and worried. Her hands clapped together, praying, “God, you who command all things, please watch over my daughter-in-law. Don’t let anything happen to her.”

Flynn was freaked out too. “How the hell did this car accident happen?”

Right now, there was no time to investigate the cause, and Herman couldn’t care less. It was a rainy night, and the roads were slick, but he knew Anastasia’s driving skills. Her reflexes were lightning fast, and it didn’t make sense for the crash to be this severe.

The car had tried to slow down by grinding against the mountain, a risky move. Why had she done that? One answer – the brakes had

failed.

eyes turned ice-cold. “Flynn, check out the car. Were the brakes tampered with? I want to know if it was an accident

I’ll look into it right away.” Flynn knew that waiting around was pointless. He needed to get to

Katelyn asked, “Are you saying there’s something fishy about

in Herman’s eyes. “We’ll know when we

eight hours. When dawn broke, she was still critical and was moved to the ICU. Herman, dressed in protective gear, entered

pull through. You promised me we’d be together till the end.” Herman’s voice was

the back of her hand, tears streaming down his face. He was a man who could cause a financial crisis, but here he was, crying

a lot, but she didn’t respond. Anastasia was all pale and wired up, the only response to Herman was the incessant beeping of the life-support machines.

A blood clot