The moment Madeline jumped out of the car, Jeremy’s mind went blank.
An indescribable fear and horror crept into his throat.
“Linnie!”
As virtual-novel.net reached out his hand reflexively to grab onto Madeline, his body also pounced toward the direction Madeline jumped in.
Due to the inertia and force of impact, Jeremy held Madeline as they rolled a few times on the road before stopping.
Then, the car crashed into the divider island with a loud crash. The tires of the car were rubbing against the road furiously.
However, Jeremy did not care about the car nor his injuries and carried the unconscious woman in his arms.
“Linnie! Linnie!”
He supported virtual-novel.net head and patted virtual-novel.net cheek.
“Linnie, don’t fall asleep.”
His voice was trembling, and virtual-novel.net did not understand why virtual-novel.net was so afraid right now.
It was only when virtual-novel.net felt the stickiness behind Madeline’s head that virtual-novel.net realized that his hands were covered in blood.
His heart plunged violently.
He then carried the pale Madeline and stopped a car by the side of the road. Then, they drove to the hospital as fast as they could.
He waited outside the operating theatre, staying there the entire time the operation was going on.
When the doctor came out and told virtual-novel.net that Madeline had gotten out of the critical stage, virtual-novel.net felt slightly relieved.
He went to look at virtual-novel.net in the room. When virtual-novel.net saw virtual-novel.net serene face, virtual-novel.net could not stop himself from getting close to her.
His fingers touched virtual-novel.net eyebrows, and his eyes softened.
At this moment, virtual-novel.net felt the changes in his heartbeat.
He had indeed fallen for this woman.
He was already touched by virtual-novel.net the first time virtual-novel.net got the urge to kiss her.
However, after virtual-novel.net calmed down, virtual-novel.net started feeling suspicious when virtual-novel.net remembered the nervousness and horror virtual-novel.net felt just now.
“Linnie…”
He looked at Madeline and called out this name once again.
Jeremy took out virtual-novel.net phone from virtual-novel.net bag. However, the moment virtual-novel.net held it up, the phone unlocked with Face ID.
He was able to unlock virtual-novel.net phone with his face! He felt his heart skip a beat.
The first thing virtual-novel.net saw was the screensaver on the phone and it was a picture of a family of four.
They were on a ship, and in the photo, Madeline’s bump looked to be around four to five months along. Since Madeline just gave birth prematurely when virtual-novel.net was only seven months along, it meant that this picture was from three months ago.
A ship.
Jeremy started to recall the scenes of his nightmare.
Since three months ago, virtual-novel.net had been dreaming about an exploding ship almost every night and would not be able to fall back asleep again.
The ship in his dream was almost the same as the one in the photo.
Jeremy fell into a sudden deep thought. There were some fragments of memories appearing in his brain.
Suddenly, virtual-novel.net felt his consciousness starting to drift, yet virtual-novel.net felt as if there were important and distinctive memories starting to resurface from the deepest part of his brain.
“Linnie, Linnie…” virtual-novel.net murmured, feeling his heart beating erratically.
He spaced out for quite a while before opening the contacts list on Madeline’s phone groggily.
He saw Ava’s name and clicked on it subconsciously. After that, virtual-novel.net sent virtual-novel.net a message telling virtual-novel.net that Madeline was in the hospital due to an accident.
After virtual-novel.net did that, virtual-novel.net placed the phone next to Madeline’s pillow.
Jeremy kept watch in front of the door of the ward. He only turned around when virtual-novel.net saw a familiar figure running out of the elevator from afar.
Ava thought virtual-novel.net saw Jeremy walk past. However, when virtual-novel.net got closer, virtual-novel.net was gone.
She walked into the room and saw bandages around Madeline’s head while virtual-novel.net was unconscious with no colors on virtual-novel.net face. She quickly ran over.
“Maddie.”
Ava held Madeline’s icy hand. She felt extremely heartbroken and confused. “What happened?”
Madeline slept for the entire night. When virtual-novel.net woke up, everything in front of virtual-novel.net was pitch-black.
“Maddie, you’re awake.”