Chapter 27
Adrian Smith left after saying that.
The downpour came pouring down, drenching my eyelashes, but at that moment, I only felt a sharp pain in my heart.
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Benjamin, oh Benjamin, is this the way you said you’d let me live well?
But did you ever ask me if I was willing?
The method to change destiny turned out to be exchanging one life for another.
When I returned to the hospital,
Benjamin was lying on the hospital bed watching TV.
I frowned and cleared the room of people.
He looked at me in confusion, struggling to sit up: “Elizabeth, what’s wrong?”
“What’s wrong?”
Looking at his deathly pale face,
seeing the monitoring equipment in the room,
and watching him struggle to breathe,
I couldn’t control my emotions.
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“Benjamin, did you ever consider whether I wanted this?”
“Are you an idiot? Cancer is cancer, death is death–it’s my fate to accept. Why force your way into changing my destiny? Is your life worthless?”
My voice trembled uncontrollably as I spoke.
Tears started dripping down.
Yet he just smiled dismissively, grabbing tissues to wipe my cheeks.
“Elizabeth, don’t cry.”
“You know I hate seeing your tears.”
Hearing his voice only made me sob harder.
He froze, helpless.
“Elizabeth, watching you suffer alone in your past life was my greatest regret. Now that I can act… I choose this willingly.”
“Don’t blame yourself. This is my decision–not your burden to carry.”
“Elizabeth, I just hope, I only hope you’ll live a healthy life in this lifetime.”
“When I’m gone, time will make you forget me.”
I asked, “What about you?”
“After I’m gone, will you forget me?”
He fell silent.
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At that moment, he thought to himself: Elizabeth, you left me just like that, how could I ever forget you?
In the end, he died for love.
Of course, he didn’t tell me any of this, just looked at me vacantly.
After a long while, he finally said, pretending not to care,
“I’ve long since become indifferent to life and death. Besides, in my previous life I lived to be a hundred, so my life has already reached its very end.”
“Now that we have a second life, it should be your turn to live a healthy life.”
I choked up and shouted at him emotionally.
Benjamin, do you really think these self–righteous acts are good for me?
You never once considered what I actually want!
His eyes dimmed instantly.
After a long pause, his breathing steadied as he said: “Elizabeth, it is what it is.”
His tone was nearly pleading.
“Can’t you just walk this final stretch of life’s journey with me?”
I’d never seen Benjamin like this–head bowed so low.
The last time was when I broke up with him.
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Eyes reddened, he’d grabbed my hand, refusing to let go.
“Elizabeth, tell me what I did wrong. I’ll fix anything, just say it.”
“I’m begging you, don’t leave me behind.”
But now, he’s the one about to walk away first.
The atmosphere was intense.
The hospital room door suddenly swung open.
It was Victoria.
Sobbing uncontrollably, she lunged toward the hospital bed.
“Benjamin, I’ve heard marrying can avert disaster for the critically ill. Let me marry you to avert disaster!”
