A shockwave coursed through me, and I began to tremble uncontrollably, as if struck by lightning. I stared at the man on the sofa in disbelief, a profound chill seeping into my bones from all directions. "Steven..."
How did he know about the hemorrhage? How did he know our baby was gone?!
That was from my past life. Could it be... that Steven was reborn, too?!
I couldn't believe it. My warm fingers turned instantly cold. By the time the paramedics and the hotel manager arrived, I still hadn't snapped out of my daze.
The doctors couldn't pry Steven's hand from mine, so they had no choice but to take me along in the ambulance. It took the entire ride to finally get my hand free.
He was taken straight to the emergency room, and a nurse instructed me.
"Ma'am, please go handle the payment first. We'll start treatment now."
I didn't leave. I used Steven's card to settle everything and then sat outside the operating room to wait.
I was waiting for Steven to wake up. I needed to know if he had been reborn. I thought I had moved on, but I had only moved on from the Steven who knew nothing. There was no point in holding a grudge against him when he had no memory of our past life's love and hate. He hadn't crushed me when I needed him most, hadn't hurt me so deeply.
But the Steven from my past life was different.
He knew everything. If he had betrayed our marriage for Verna in our past life, if he had scorned my love, why was he still entangled with me after being reborn? What did he want?
Was it the thrill of the chase? Or did he want both me and Verna?
Had he been reborn? And what... was he thinking?
In less than an hour, Steven was moved to a regular room.
The doctor looked at me and said gently, "You're the patient's family, correct? We ran a full battery of tests on your husband, but we couldn't find anything seriously wrong. All his vitals are normal, and there are no tumors in his brain, but he remains in a deep sleep. We can't make a definitive diagnosis. It could be due to extreme exhaustion."
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