Chapter 3

When Kristen woke up, she was in the ward alone.

Her phone was out of battery. Kristen didn't know how long she had been unconscious, but when she looked out the window, it was still dark.

Kristen got up, put on her shoes, took her handbag, and went out. As she passed Brenda's room, she saw the door ajar and stopped.

In the ward was Brenda, accompanied by Kristen's husband, Marco.

Brenda looked cute and innocent. Dressed in the blue-and-white striped hospital gown, Brenda was still elegant, her skin white and her eyes bright. Kristen thought maybe Marco just liked Brenda's simplicity. Kristen, by contrast, was like the evil who kept them from getting together.

Kristen was jealous that Marco was so nice to Brenda.

Those who didn't know Marco thought he was cold by nature, but Kristen knew Marco was only gentle with Brenda.

Of course ... Marco used to be nice to Kristen a long time ago, but now he wasn't.

Kristen finally caught the eye of Brenda and Marco inside. Taking one look at Kristen, Brenda shivered and hid behind Marco.

Brenda looked timid and her eyes turned red as if she saw a wicked man.

Marco patted Brenda gently on the shoulder. Marco looked over with cold eyes and got the fidgets when he saw Kristen standing by the door.

Marco was disgusted, scolding. "What are you doing standing there and sneaking around?"

Standing in the doorway and watching Marco and Brenda being tender and passionate towards each other, Kristen felt uncomfortable. Kristen didn't want to watch them, but she couldn't help it because she had never seen Marco like this before and she longed for Marco to be that tender to her.

Kristen's eyes began to blur with tears ... And her heart ached.

Marco shielded Brenda behind him and glared at Kristen. Seeing Kristen's pale and bloodless face, Marco had mixed emotions suddenly and frowned.

"Now that you're awake, go back."

Kristen hesitated before asking in a hoarse voice, "Are you coming back tonight?"

Watching Marco's wary eyes, Kristen didn't bother to explain. Kristen couldn't figure out what heinous things she had done these years to make Marco so defensive against her.

Although Kristen kept Marco away from Brenda, during the four years of their marriage, Kristen served Marco's daily life as a nanny.

Although Kristen didn't have a happy marriage with Marco, she never asked about Marco and Brenda all these years.

Marco had some concerns about Kristen before. After the Lawrence family faded from the rich list, Kristen was no longer a threat to Marco.

Kristen didn't even talk about Marco and Brenda being together, but it was impossible to let it go.

With Marco, Kristen lost everything. Kristen had stomach cancer and was dying, but had to donate blood to Brenda. But who could save Kristen?

Kristen was piercingly heartbroken and even her fingertips were shaking.

Kristen was used to taking orders from Marco over the years. At first, she fawned on him, but now she was quiet and trapped.

The moment Kristen turned around, she heard Brenda's voice.

"Is Kristen alright after giving so much blood? She is so pale..."

"It's fine. She has always been in good health."

Even Brenda could see that Kristen looked pale, but the man Kristen loved did not.

Marco wasn't careless. He could tell something was wrong with his work or Brenda, but he had no patience or concern for Kristen, whom he had known for six years.

Kristen took a deep breath and left without looking back. The rain was getting heavier.

Kristen walked slowly back with her head down. She didn't have an umbrella in her handbag and soon got soaked in the rain. Kristen, who was always freezing cold, felt bitingly cold that her lips, blue with cold, became parched, with drops of water on her black eyelashes.

Kristen's head and stomach ached with cold. Kristen reached over to cover her stomach and the ring on her ring finger dropped accidentally.

Kristen followed with dull eyes and found that the ring she had been wearing for four years lost its original luster and was kind of dark in there. Kristen recalled when she signed the contract with Marco, she said, "Since we're married, we should have a ring, right?"

Marco heard it and bought the ring for 5 dollars for Kristen at a roadside stall.

Marco satirized. "Take it. That's all you're worth."

Kristen only smiled, disappointed. The ring was one size smaller, but she forced it on. Her ring finger was red and bleeding, but she insisted on wearing it all the time.

Kristen stubbornly thought that the ring would fit one day, not that it would eventually come loose from her finger.

It was just like Kristen's relationship with Marco.

Kristen curled up in the heavy rain because her stomach ached. Kristen put her hands over her mouth and retched. Her eyes were red and tears began to flow down.

It was still raining. The pedestrians on the street held up umbrellas. Kristen squatted, picked up the ring, put it on her chest, and only stood up when her stomach was less upset.

Kristen was in a daze in the rain and bumped into someone before coming back to her senses. Kristen apologized in a panic to a young mother and a boy. The woman held the boy's hand and said gently, "It doesn't matter."

The boy looked up at Kristen's red eyes and asked in a low voice, "Are you crying?"

The woman patted the boy's head and looked apologetically at Kristen before taking him away.

Watching the woman and the boy leave, Kristen heard the boy ask his mother. "Why is she crying? Is it because she is afraid?"

"How could she be afraid..."

As the rain pattered, Kristen couldn't hear what the mother and son said.

Kristen covered her stomach gently and raised her head to hold back her tears. Was Kristen afraid? How could she not be afraid? Kristen was terrified when she went to the hospital for gastroscopy alone, and when she was called to the diagnosis room by the doctor. Besides, when Kristen was finally diagnosed with a terminal illness, she was even afraid of cold all over.

But even more than that, Kristen was afraid of dying alone, with no one around.

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