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Eventually, his calls ceased to go through.
Unable to endure the disturbance, Frank blacklisted Henry.
After that, Frank made his way to the hospital ward and
took the hand of Mable, who had just awakened from her coma.
“I’m so glad you’re awake. You have no idea how worried I was…”
Mable’s complexion was ghostly white, betraying her frail health.
Only I knew the truth that she had fallen down the stairs on
purpose.
Tears glistened in her eyes.
“Frank, when I fell, I thought I was going to die.
“Thankfully, you brought me here in time for surgery. Without you, I don’t know what would have happened.”
As she spoke, she sniffled, fixing her gaze lovingly on Frank.
“Frank, from now on, my life is yours.”
Frank’s eyes softened at her words.
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He silently withdrew a pure gold bracelet from his pocket, fastening it around her wrist.
“I got you a gift. I hope it brightens your spirits.
“Staying positive will help you recover faster.”
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The bracelet was exquisitely crafted, the very one I had coveted the most. I had pleaded with him to gift it to me on my birthday, but he had refused. Yet, now, he had bought it and placed it on Mable’s wrist.
Mable caressed the bracelet and wore a radiant smile.
“Frank, you’re so good to me.”
Her expression then clouded over.
“But what about Gianna? Won’t she mind you being so sweet to
me?”
At the mention of my name, Frank’s face blanched.
“Don’t bring up that woman! If she hadn’t pushed you down the stairs, you wouldn’t be suffering like this!”
He clasped Mable’s hand firmly and sternly vowed, “Don’t you worry. I’ll make things right for you when I’m back. I promise!”
He recalled that I had been taken to the same hospital by
ambulance.
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He was burning with the desire to avenge Mable, so he was headed straight for me.
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Just as he stepped out of her ward, a stretcher carrying a body rolled past him.
I knew that the body on the stretcher was mine, even though it was shrouded in a stark white sheet.
My hand, adorned with the engagement ring, hung loosely. This was the ring Frank had bought me when he proposed eight years ago, and I had never once removed it.
I couldn’t believe Frank wouldn’t recognize that ring.
My soul hovered around Frank, repeatedly urging, “Frank, the body on the stretcher is me!”
I yearned for Frank to acknowledge me.
I wanted to see if, upon realizing it was his misjudgment that had led to the demise of me and our child, he would be so devastated he’d break down, or if he’d remain indifferent, deeming it insignificant.
“Make way.”
The staff urged Frank aside as they maneuvered the stretcher through.
Frank frowned, his gaze flicking to my dangling hand.
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Then, he stepped back impatiently, allowing the stretcher to pass without incident.
In the end, he failed to recognize me as his fiancée.
Our eight years together now felt like a cruel joke.
After the stretcher conveyed my body to the morgue, Frank approached the ward where I had been.
“Where is Gianna Wells, who was brought here?” Frank inquired of the nurse upon entering.
The nurse, recognizing Frank, responded swiftly, “Dr. Cullen, are you acquainted with Gianna Wells? Unfortunately, she succumbed to her grave injuries. There was nothing we could do.
“Her father fainted from grief. We need to contact those close to her to handle the formalities.
“It would be wonderful if you were a friend of her. Could you accompany me now…”
Frank cut the nurse off, his anger flaring.
“Isn’t Gianna taking things too far? She actually got people to act with her?
“She’s really milking this victim role, huh? Just like Mable, she fell from a building, but Mable’s okay, right?”
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I had anticipated that Frank wouldn’t believe the nurse.
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Mable was still in one piece because Frank, the chief physician, had stepped in with his scalpel just in the nick of time.
As for me, my injuries were too severe; I could only await my doom.
Seeing Frank’s terrifyingly grim expression, the nurse didn’t dare say more and could only shake her head as she left.
Unable to find me, Frank had no choice but to return to Mable.
Mable, having learned of my possible demise, coaxed Frank, “Why don’t you go check on Gianna? What if something really happened?”
Despite being the one who pushed me down the stairs, Mable twisted the truth.
“I don’t think Gianna meant to push me. It must have been an
accident.
“If she fell, she would definitely get hurt.
“You’re her fiancé, after all. You should go take a look, right?”
Frank’s eyes brimmed with a tender warmth.
“Mable, you’re so kind.”
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But his gentle expression suddenly hardened.
“I know Gianna. She’s always been jealous of you, misunderstanding our relationship.
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“I wanted to take you to the hospital, but she tried to stop me! She’s so vicious that she must have pushed you on purpose.”
Mable feigned concern.
“It’s okay. I don’t blame her. I’m just worried she might be hurt…”
“Impossible!” Frank declared firmly.
“She loves using this trick to deceive me. She even claimed she had pneumonia when she wasn’t sick. I almost had to rush back from abroad!
“She just likes to play the victim. The person I trust least is Gianna!”
I tried to speak, but no sound emerged.
My health had indeed not been great, and Frank was aware of this.
But to spare him any added weight, especially when his career was at such a pivotal juncture, I would slip away to the hospital. alone, in silence, never breathing a word of it.
Sometimes, before fully recovering, I appeared a bit frail.
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Frank chuckled at me.
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“What’s this? Trying to trick me into staying by playing the pity card again?”
I matched his playful tone.
“Yeah, that’s right.”
But even as I put on a brave face, Mable would find reasons to call Frank, feigning some ailment or another, insisting he should. come to check on her.
Frank was unwittingly under the thumb of the seemingly frail Mable.
When I first discovered these calls, I was livid.
I confronted Mable, intending to demand her true intentions. face–to–face.
However, before I could get a few words out, Mable burst into
tears.
I left, utterly bewildered by the situation.
Not long after, Frank angrily confronted me.
“Why did you try to irk Mable? She’s not well. As her neighbor and someone who’s practically watched her grow up, what’s wrong with me accompanying her to the hospital?”
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He showed me a photo on his phone.
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“Are you a shrew? Can’t you just talk to her nicely? Why resort to violence?”
I stared at the photo in shock. There was a distinct slap mark on Mable’s face.
But I hadn’t laid a finger on her!
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