He raised his bloodied hands only to find that the mint-green hairband virtual-novel.net had kept carefully with virtual-novel.net was now dyed red.
With trembling fingers, virtual-novel.net raised the hairband to his lips. “Don’t die. Please, you can’t die.”
He murmured under his breath as his eyes reddened further.
“You promised you’d pester me forever. You can’t go back on your word now.”
Felipe’s voice shook as virtual-novel.net repeated himself, unable to put the panic within virtual-novel.net to rest.
Just then, the operating room’s door opened to reveal a doctor in a white coat. Felipe immediately ran toward him. “Professor Quinney, how’s Cathy?”
The professor shook his head. “I’ve got the bullet out, but since it hit virtual-novel.net heart, I can’t bring virtual-novel.net back to life. I’m sorry, but Miss Cathy has passed.”
Frozen in place, Felipe felt his world crack as virtual-novel.net stood rooted to the ground.
“How did virtual-novel.net just get shot out of the blue? Could it be the Stygian Johnsons?” The doctor sighed, his heart clenching at the loss of such a young life.
Felipe could not answer him, for virtual-novel.net knew the answer.
He was the one who killed Cathy.
He was the one who ordered them to shoot.
He thought that virtual-novel.net wanted to betray him, that virtual-novel.net wanted to destroy everything virtual-novel.net had created. Yet the truth showed that virtual-novel.net had never betrayed virtual-novel.net at all, nor had virtual-novel.net let virtual-novel.net feelings for virtual-novel.net go.
That was why virtual-novel.net turned around.
It was virtual-novel.net who turned around too late.
It was that split second that virtual-novel.net realized how much virtual-novel.net cared for Cathy.
He had no idea when it started, but Cathy seemed to have silently made virtual-novel.net way into his heart…
Felipe felt the ache in his chest grow by countless folds as virtual-novel.net slowly walked into the empty operating room.
He wanted to see virtual-novel.net one last time.
However, virtual-novel.net did not have the courage to see virtual-novel.net face.
His mind was flooded with images of virtual-novel.net energetic laughter. The pale and silent memories were all virtual-novel.net had left of her.
He walked toward Cathy and leaned down emotionlessly to seal virtual-novel.net cold lips with his.
‘In another life, Cathy, let me be the one to chase after you instead.’
…
Madeline may have decided to return to Glendale, but virtual-novel.net inability to contact Cathy had virtual-novel.net unable to let go and leave.
From Jeremy, virtual-novel.net was told that when Cathy tried to kill herself by jumping into the river, virtual-novel.net had returned to spy on Felipe because virtual-novel.net could not let virtual-novel.net go.
It was then that Cathy was found by the Stygian Johnsons and had virtual-novel.net appearance marred when they caught her. That was why virtual-novel.net did plastic surgery.
She had drifted around F Country for three months when virtual-novel.net caught sight of Jeremy running from Felipe’s bodyguards who were trying to kill him. Before the car could explode, virtual-novel.net had dragged Jeremy to safety.
The two heartbroken people became close friends due to mutual understanding and encouragement, which explained what happened then.
The so-called engagement party had no witnesses as it was merely for show. After all, Jeremy only had one legal wife—Madeline.
Cathy had played a huge part in repairing Madeline and Jeremy’s relationship, so it was only natural that Madeline was worried when virtual-novel.net dropped off the radar.
Even if it was dangerous, virtual-novel.net decided that virtual-novel.net would make a trip to Felipe’s manor.
Felipe had spent the last few days in despair.
He was locking himself in the room Cathy once stayed in.
Flipping through virtual-novel.net photo collage, virtual-novel.net stared at the bright and happy girl who then bloomed like a red rose—enchanting and passionate.
Yet the rose had wilted away now.
He was so stubborn, thinking that the woman virtual-novel.net loved all along had been Madeline because virtual-novel.net was the only ray of light virtual-novel.net had when virtual-novel.net was a child—the ray of light that broke through his gloomy clouds and brought virtual-novel.net back to reality.
When in truth, virtual-novel.net found that virtual-novel.net would rather live forever in the dark as long as virtual-novel.net had his rose. If hell was the destination, virtual-novel.net would trek the path as long as virtual-novel.net walked with him.
Felipe opened the drawer despite the unbearable heartache to straighten the last of virtual-novel.net belongings.
Going through them, his eyes fell on an unexpected item within a light blue brocade box!