Chapter 2

Exhausted, Kristen went upstairs, took out the key, and turned it left to open the door. In the blues, Kristen felt the different atmosphere in the room and instantly came to her senses.

Through the door, Kristen heard someone talking on the phone.

Marco returned.

"Should I tell him about the stomach cancer? Would he care about that?" Kristen asked herself repeatedly.

While she was still thinking, she opened the door. Then Kristen saw Marco walking toward her angrily.

"Where have you been fooling around? Take a look at how many times I have called you!"

Fool around? All Kristen did was go to the hospital for a blood test and an endoscopy. Now she was about to die.

Kristen wanted to cry again when she thought about it. Marco didn't notice Kristen's reddened eyes. He kept on accusing her with his eyes for not answering his calls.

Kristen took out her phone from her satchel and shook it. "My phone died."

Kristen had two mobile phones, one for business and the other for Marco. Kristen had a severe stomachache these days and forgot to charge her mobile phone, so she didn't receive Marco's call on her way back.

"So, what's your emergency?" Kristen knew without giving it a thought why Marco was so anxious to call her many times.

Marco grabbed Kristen's hand and pulled her out. "Brenda is injured. She lost too much blood. Come with me to the hospital."

As expected, Marco was worried about Brenda.

Kristen was upset.

Brenda had severe clotting disorder, and her blood type was rare. The only match for her blood type was Kristen.

Kristen was wet from the rain. Her long black hair was sticking to her back. Her lips were blue from the cold and her hands were cold, which Marco didn't notice. Brenda's hospital was a 10-minute walk from here. Marco was so worried that he forced Kristen into the back seat.

Marco, who was driving, stared at the front. He noticed Kristen's pale face in the rearview mirror.

Marco couldn't help but frown. "Why are you so pale?"

He finally noticed it.

Kristen sneered, feeling slightly hurt. She opened the window and watched the rain fall harder. Her body shrank with cold and her breath fogged up the air with her eyelashes quivering slightly.

Marco looked at Kristen coldly. Seeing that she did not speak, Marco was in a fret.

Marco felt that something was wrong with Kristen today.

However, Marco didn't think Kristen had anything to do with him. He decided that Brenda's body should be his main concern, so he tapped the gas pedal with his right foot and the car sped up.

When they arrived at the hospital, Marco pulled Kristen out of the car. Before Kristen could stand firm, she was pulled by Marco and staggered behind him.

Marco brought Kristen directly into the blood collecting room and said to a nurse coldly, "Draw her blood. No need to check. Hurry up."

A bitter smile spread across Kristen's face. Marco trusted Kristen's blood more than he trusted her., and he even found the blood tests troublesome. Was Marco not afraid that Kristen's cancer cells would get into Brenda's body?

Kristen hesitated for a while before saying, "Marco, I am not feeling well. Can I not..."

Marco narrowed his eyes and grabbed Kristen's chin. "Who are you to say no? We signed the contract four years ago. It's all in the contract. Kristen, please do your duty well."

That was right ... Four years ago, Kristen signed a contract and agreed to donate her blood without pay when Brenda lost too much blood.

This was what she signed at the time. Even if Kristen was dying, she had to donate blood to Brenda.

That was what Kristen owed Marco.

Brenda had been in a car accident in Valenworth City that year, and she needed negative blood because she got to the hospital too late.

Learning that Brenda had an accident, Marco asked for Kristen's help anxiously.

Kristen offered a quid pro quo. "If you become my man and we get married, I will save Brenda."

Kristen still remembered the shock and disgust in Marco's eyes.

From that moment, Kristen knew that they would never get along.

Kristen took advantage of Marco when he was most in trouble and needed her company.

Marco was born into a prominent family and was born superior. Marco had a bad temper, but he enjoyed the best of everything, with people obeying him. Marco never heard a harsh word before, and this was the first time he was threatened.

Kristen knew Marco hated being forced to do something he didn't want to do. So, when she saw Marco sign the contract without hesitation, she knew she lost.

When Marco went this far for Brenda, Kristen felt bitter. However, Kristen consoled herself that love would come in time and that Marco would be as affectionate to Kristen over time as he was to Brenda.

However, Kristen did not expect to suffer the consequences so soon.

It served Kristen right that she got a terminal illness!

As the needle sank into her skin and the blood was slowly drawn out, Kristen's face turned pale with pain. It hurt. It hurt worse than an endoscopy.

The nurse who drew the blood never saw such a thin, frail woman. Staring at the white wrist, the nurse whispered, "Can you hold on?"

Kristen shook her head and said in a hoarse voice, "Go ahead. I'm fine."

The nurse drew a total of 600cc of blood and stopped. Kristen's hand was too cold to be normal.

The moment before Kristen fainted, she heard Marco ask the nurse, "Is it enough? Go on if it's not enough."

How did Marco become so cruel all these years?

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