Chapter 23
Leon saw her gradually softening expression and knew that he had guessed right this time. He placed the pocket watch in Eloise’s hand, wanting to say something, but in the end, he said nothing at all.
Eloise didn’t know where he had found this pocket watch, tears welled up in her eyes instantly. She slowly crouched on the ground, pressing the pocket watch tightly against her chest, her voice choked with emotion.
“Mom, I beg you, please bless Zack from heaven and help him get through this ordeal. I am willing to give up every- thing for him.”
Hearing Eloise whispering prayers like a little beast, Leon immediately regretted giving her the pocket watch. But he sighed in the end, knowing that he owed her this much.
The lights in the operating room dimmed, and Eloise immediately stood up at the sight, grabbing onto the doctor who had just left with a tight grip, her eyes red and swollen.
“Doctor, how is my husband?”
The word “husband” pricked Leon again, and he looked at Eloise’s worried look, feeling a little sour in his heart.
If it were him who died, Eloise wouldn’t even blink, let alone worry so much for him.
The doctor comforted Eloise, “The patient is out of danger now, you can go see him in a while.” A feeling of being given a second chance at life washed over Eloise, and she nodded heavily.
Just then, she squinted her eyes.
The brakes of the car suddenly failed, but Leandro drove the car out yesterday and there was no problem at all.
Eloise called Leandro. “Dad, check the house, Zack and I got into a car accident, the brakes suddenly failed on that
car.”
Leandro’s face turned serious. “Alright, leave this to me. You take care of Zack.”
Zackery was still asleep, Eloise glanced at him through the window, looking dazed.
When she turned back again, she looked at Leon coldly. “It was you, wasn’t it?”
The sudden questioning made Leon feel suffocated for a moment, but he had no evidence to prove himself at the mo- ment, as he had indeed been lingering around the Bronner’s manor recently, making him a prime suspect.
He couldn’t help but defend himself, “Elle, it wasn’t me. I wouldn’t want you to be in danger, you have to believe me.”
When Leon saw Eloise’s cold eyes, he understood that she had already figured out it was him.
A wave of madness surged through Leon’s mind, and he couldn’t help but say coldly, “I disdain to do such things. In-
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stead of worrying about me doing such things, you should worry about me tying you up in the room and not letting you go anywhere.”
With these words spoken, Eloise became even more convinced that it was him.
“You’re a madman, you can do anything, Eloise said, and after that, Leon’s face darkened.”
He looked at Eloise, then chuckled self-deprecatingly before decisively turning around and leaving.
“I want you to know whether or not I did this! The man’s low growl echoed in the hallway.”
Watching Leon’s departing figure, Eloise did not try to stop him at all. In her mind, Leon was no different from a madman. A madman was capable of anything.
Walking into the ward and looking at Zackery still in a coma, a wave of guilt washed over me.
She held Zackery’s cold hand and gently kissed it. Her voice was very soft and slow.
“Zackery, you must not leave me. You must wake up earlier, I still have a lot of things to say to you.”
“You always ask me if I like you or not, and I have never answered. Because I am also afraid that this is just a dream, and I will suddenly wake up.”
“But today I can tell you very clearly, I love you. Zackery, I love you. You can’t leave me alone.”
At the door of the ward, Laurel wiped away her tears and led Leandro away.
“Leave the time for the children.”
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