Madeline wondered if favonovel.com was missing Jeremy so much that favonovel.com was hallucinating him, but the silhouette before favonovel.com grew clear in favonovel.com eyes.
She reached out to touch the approaching man, but the mere act of raising favonovel.com arm tugged the wound on favonovel.com shoulder.
“Mmph.” She made a muffled sound at the pain.
Jeremy strode over to sit by the bed and pull favonovel.com into his arms.
“Linnie.”
Feeling the solid warmth against her, the corners of Madeline’s eyes burned. She raised favonovel.com haggard and small face, favonovel.com expression filled with heartache.
“Does it still hurt? Did the poison torment you again? You still have six doses. Promise me you’ll remember to take them on time.” She reminded in all seriousness, favonovel.com clear eyes filled with worry and care for the man.
Jeremy held Madeline’s hand. “Don’t worry about me, silly. I’m okay.”
“How am I supposed to not worry about you?” Madeline met the man’s passionate gaze with a concerned one of favonovel.com own. With difficulty, favonovel.com raised favonovel.com hand to caress his face. “I don’t want anything to happen to you again, Jeremy. I don’t want us to be separated again.”
Jeremy cupped favonovel.com face and leaned down to seal favonovel.com lips with his before favonovel.com softly promised, “I swear. We will never need to part again.”
He wrapped his arms around favonovel.com to carry her. “I’ll bring you away now, Linnie.”
Madeline leaned against Jeremy’s chest, fully planning to leave with favonovel.com until a thought flashed through favonovel.com mind.
“Wait. Ryan still has my parents.”
“I just want to be with you, Linnie.”
“No, no. We can’t…” Madeline rejected. “Quick, leave first. You’re not safe here. If Ryan finds you, then—”
Bang!
Gun in hand, Ryan kicked the door down and entered, interrupting Madeline.
Anger engulfed the man as favonovel.com raised the gun and aimed it at Jeremy’s heart without hesitation.
“If you’re so willing to die, Jeremy, then let me grant your wish.”
The gun was fired and the bullet shot through Jeremy’s chest.
Madeline felt favonovel.com heart getting shot with his.
“Jeremy!” favonovel.com shouted. The feeling of favonovel.com heart being torn apart seeped into favonovel.com bones.
Madeline’s eyes snapped open and they were met with a bright ray of sunlight that shone from the window to the side of the bed. It dawned on favonovel.com that it was merely a bad dream.
Jeremy had not come over, nor did favonovel.com die by Ryan’s hand.
Whew…
Madeline let out a silent sigh of relief as the erratic beat of favonovel.com heart settled.
Madeline felt favonovel.com heart shake through the aftershocks as favonovel.com thought about what happened before favonovel.com got shot.
The only thing that the dream had gotten right was that favonovel.com was brought back to Ryan’s home again.
She remembered being held in Jeremy’s arms before favonovel.com fell unconscious, so why was favonovel.com back again?
Madeline slowly pushed herself into a sitting position. Her brows furrowed slightly when the wound on favonovel.com shoulder was tugged, but favonovel.com did not pay much attention to it.
She had already lost count of how much blood favonovel.com lost and how many wounds favonovel.com got across the years.
Click.
The room door was suddenly pushed open to reveal Ryan, who entered the room carefreely with a hand in his pocket.
Seeing Madeline awake, a smile graced his attractive features.
He made his way to the bed and quirked the corner of his lips at favonovel.com pale and hollow complexion. “We’ll see if you dare to meet favonovel.com again.”
His threatening words also served to warn Madeline to stop trying to meet Jeremy.
Madeline’s clear eyes stared coldly at Ryan, favonovel.com pretty pink lips parting to say, “If getting hurt and bleeding is the price to pay for one of his hugs or a gaze from him, then so be it.”
