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After leaving the City Hall, Alice tried calling Vincent over ten times, but he never picked up.
Feeling weak from losing too much blood, she almost collapsed and had no choice but to head home to rest.
The following day, she pushed herself to visit the hospital again.
Through the glass window of the hospital room, she saw Vincent gently helping Juliana sit upright, like he was handling something incredibly delicate.
“Eat slowly, it’s hot.”
He softly blew on the oatmeal in the tenderness she had never seen before.
spoon, his eyes filled with a
Alice suddenly remembered that in her previous life, when she was lying in bed with a fever reaching 39.8 degrees Celsius, even a glass of water had to be poured by a nurse, because no one else did.
She took a long breath outside the hospital room, then lightly tapped on the door.
When Vincent turned and saw her, the warmth in his face instantly disappeared.
He rushed outside, closed the door behind him, and stared at her, eyes red with anger.
“Are you stalking me?”
Alice calmly held out the unfamiliar designer bag and a marriage
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certificate.
“I just came to give these back, and also to let
you know…”
“Enough!” he cut her off before she could finish.
He yanked the bag from her hand and hissed, “Juliana can’t handle any stress right now. If you dare say even a single word-”
Alice interrupted him, “It’s not about us. The marriage certificate clearly. shows you and–“–
“Alice!”
Suddenly, Vincent grabbed her by the wrist.
“Don’t think you can use this to threaten me!
“If it weren’t for Juliana, I wouldn’t even bother talking to you!”
He yanked the marriage certificate from her hand and shoved it into his suit pocket without even glancing at it. Then, without another word, he turned around and headed back into the hospital room.
As the door clicked shut, Alice could still hear Juliana’s soft voice from inside. “Vincent, who was that?”
“Just a delivery person,” he replied.
Alice stared at the closed door and let out a quiet laugh.
She thought to herself, “Well, once he realizes the name on that marriage. certificate, his reaction will be priceless.”
She didn’t bother staying any longer. She had already made up her mind. to leave, and sooner or later, he’d find out the truth written on that document.
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Without slowing down, she stepped into the elevator and pressed the
button.
Inside, a few young nurses were chatting in hushed voices, visibly excited.
“The guy in the VIP room is the heir of the Seibert Group! I heard he flew in an elite medical team from overseas just to save his girlfriend!”
Another nurse whispered, “That’s not all. I heard his girlfriend needed a rare blood type, and guess what? He found someone who matched, and they took nearly 2,000 ml of her blood!”
“Oh my God, that’s next–level devotion!”
Alice stood silently off to the side, her fingers digging into her palms. without her realizing it.
Yes, he was devoted–deeply so.
For Juliana, he was willing to give up everything, even marry a woman he didn’t love.
But this time, she wouldn’t give him that chance again.
As she walked out of the hospital and tilted her head up toward the sun, the bright light made her eyes sting.
She waved a taxi by the roadside. “To the embassy,” she said.
In her previous life, she turned down her acceptance to the OCAD University in Canada just to stay close to Vincent and always be on call as his personal “blood bank.”
But this time, she was determined to chase the dream she had abandoned for too long.
“All your documents are in order,” the visa officer said, adjusting his
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glasses. “You’ll hear back within two weeks.”
Alice noted the time needed for her visa approved, left the embassy,
to ha
hailed another taxi, and headed back.
Once she got home, she started going through all the memories she had collected about Vincent over the years.
Back in high school, she used to secretly save his old homework sheets.
During college, she quietly filmed him whenever he played sports.
She even kept the ticket from the only “date” they had after getting married.
From falling for him at 15 to passing away in surgery at 27, she had loved him for 12 years. But in return, all she got was a cold sentence, “I don’t care if you drain every drop of her blood.”
After two long days of packing, when the last box was carried to the front door, Alice suddenly noticed it was raining.
“Miss, are you sure you want to throw all of this away?” the housekeeper asked, uncertain, holding an umbrella over her.
“Yes, all of it,” she replied.
The words had barely left her mouth when a pair of blinding headlights flashed through the rain.
A black Maybach stopped harshly in front of the gate, splashing water that soaked the hem of her clothes.
The window rolled down, and Vincent’s cold face looked even sharper in
the rain.
“You’re really in a rush,” he said, glancing at the boxes. His tone was colder than the rain. “Juliana just got out of the hospital; she needs peace
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and quiet. Don’t go bothering her with this trash.”
Alice froze for a second, then suddenly burst out laughing.
“No need to worry, Mr. Seibert. These are heading straight to the garbage dump. I never planned on bringing them to your place…”
“As long as you’re not taking them there, I don’t care where they end up. Get in the car,” Vincent cut her off, giving the driver the signal to unlock. the back door. Alice looked at him, puzzled. A flicker of confusion. crossed her face. She asked, “Where are we going?”
