Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
Two hours later, the operating room sign was finally switched off. Callum’s mind snapped back to reality as he stared intensely at the closely shut door, awaiting the exit of Elspeth and the doctors.
The door was opened, and Elspeth emerged first, looking tired and walking with an unsteady gait. She seemed to have overexerted herself, but he could not read her expression.
“Elspeth, how did it go?”
She stared into his eyes and beamed.
“He’s safe.”
His anxious heart was finally calmed.
“That’s great. I’ll send you back to rest in your ward. Let’s discuss this further when you wake un It nained him to spp her oyhausted
“That’s fine. I need to look after him in his ward because he is at risk of hemorrhage at any time.”
He frowned.
“You could always ask a nurse to do that. Else, we could get someone from the family to look after him. Your body is weak. Can’t you rest now?”
She rolled her eyes at him.
“I am the only one who knows his condition the best because I operated on him. A nurse does not know how to spot his adverse reaction if there’s any. If they miss the best time to respond, Blake would be in trouble.”
Although she was right, her explanation made him uneasy.
“Why do you care for him so much?”
Staring at him, she couldn’t help but snicker,
“He got hurt when he saved me from Ophelia. Even if I have to give up my life, I will still save him.”
“You said you saw me hugging Alaina. Could you tell me who you were with at that time?”
Elspeth’s silence confirmed his suspicion.
“You were with Blake, right?”
Her silence was equal to admission. She did not want to argue with him. Not long after, Blake was wheeled out, and she followed him into his ward without as much as giving Callum another look.
Callum, who got left behind, was taken aback and speechless.
In the ward, Elspeth looked at Blake with guilt. His eyes were tightly shut, and his lips were pale.
Had she not sent him the text, he would have been filming happily on the set instead of lying in the patient’s bed lifelessly right now.
Since she had used the best herbs for hemorrhage and created a detox prescription from Sonny Schwartz’s teaching, Blake should have been awake by now.
Why is he still unconscious?
As if he heard her thoughts, Blake stirred in the bed. His fingers trembled a little, and he opened his eyes in the next second.
“Elspeth…”
She snapped out of her daydreaming and quickly went up to him.
“Hey, what’s wrong?”
After he confirmed that Elspeth was fine-other than looking exhausted-he felt more reassured.
“Nothing. I just wanted to know if you’re okay. I’m relieved now.”
She rolled her eyes at him.
“That is not a valid reason to save me and endanger yourself! You’re an adult, Blake! Can’t you take good care of yourself? Why would you save someone who has nothing to do with you?”
He took her words seriously.
“What do you mean you have nothing to do with me? Elspeth, to me, you are as important as my dad and my mom. I know I always treat you carelessly with an interest that comes and pres
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Her mind went blank when she heard the confession.
“Okay now. You must still be in recovery and not in your right mind. We can discuss this again when you’re feeling better. Are you thirsty? I’ll get you some water.”
She dodged the topic of conversation and got up to leave. However, she bumped into Callum at the door. He had a long face and appeared to be in a foul mood.
“Look after him for me. I’ll be back soon.”
She waved the mug in her hand awkwardly, but Callum did not reply. After she left, Callum and Blake were the only ones left in the ward.
With a sour face, Callum glanced at Blake and blurted out,
“I overheard your entire confession just now.”
Blake was not embarrassed at all. With a smile, he looked at Callum and said,
“What’s wrong, Callum? I’m confessing to the girl I love. I’m not forcing Elspeth to be with me. Why the long face?”
“You knew that she is your future sister-in-law.”
Blake flashed him a sarcastic smile.
“In the past, I would have believed that you would treat her well. But from the moment I saw how upset she looked in the past few days because of you, I finally realized that my assumption was wrong. I should’ve never backed out. She will never be happy with you.”
“And how could you be so sure of that?”
“Elspeth and I saw with our own eyes you acting intimately with another woman. Besides, when Elspeth was hospitalized, how often did you visit her? Even Max said that the new design director went to look for trouble in the name of visiting Elspeth. It seems like you’re pretty close with the woman now, eh?”
Callum had a very cold aura about him.
“It’s not like what you guys saw.”
“I don’t care if it is or isn’t. All I know is that Elspeth needs me now, and you’ll only make her unhappy.”
Snorting, Blake continued,
“This time, Elspeth sent a message for help to me first. One day, I will be the one who resides in her heart, not you.”
Although his words seemed a bit childish, Blake meant every single word he uttered.
Callum knew it would be pointless to argue any further, so he gave up after seeing how smug Blake was acting. He stood up and left the ward.
Coming back with water in her hand, Elspeth saw that Callum was gone and asked,
“Did he leave already?”
With a nonchalant expression, Blake replied,
“He left. He felt ashamed due to my words and left.”
“Okay then. Don’t get out of bed for these few days. Just rest up. I’ll take care of you until you’re healed.”
He was shocked at her statement.
“You mean, you want to keep taking care of me? Don’t you have to work?”
The word ‘work’ made Elspeth feel bitter inside.
Yet, she had to put up a strong facade.
