Before Irvin could start, I coughed up a few monthfuls of water and slowly regained
consciousness.
Seeing me awake, Irvin snapped angrily, “What’s wrong with you? Must you throw your life away just to prove a point?”
In the past, whenever Irvin berated me like this, I would either yell back even angrier than him or lower my head in fear and admit I was wrong.
But this time around, I didn’t shout or apologize didn’t ask him to hold me, either.
Instead, I stared at him coldly. The chill made Irvin feel uneasy, even afraid. Instinctively, he wanted to embrace me, but I avoided his touch.
I grabbed onto the arm of the man beside him and asked him to take me to the hospital.
Irvin froze, stunned. He couldn’t believe that the woman who supposedly loved him more than anyone else was choosing to rely on a stranger over him.
He wondered what was wrong with me. Why was acting so incomprehensibly? What had caused me to change so drastically?
Irvin took a large step forward, intending to push the man aside and carry me to the hospital. himself. However, Julianne suddenly fainted.
Remembering how frail Julianne always was, Irvin paused. The weather was freezing, and Julianne had fallen into the water. I, on the other hand, had always been robust and healthy.
Even though something seemed off today, he thought I would pull through.
“I’ll come to the hospital to check on you later,” he said to me before rush Julianne’s side.
Watching as Irvin ran toward another woman in distress, I let out a soft chuckle. Once again, I hated this foolish heart of mine. Even now, it still hoped for something from him.
While Irvin said he would come to see me at the hospital later, he didn’t show up until the following morning, just as I was about to be discharged.
Seeing me packing my things, he hurried over. “You’re leaving already? Shouldn’t you stay a bit longer for observation?” he asked.
