Sydney hurriedly shook her head. "It won't happen again, I promise."
"That's more like it," Luke grunted and let her go.
Sydney lifted her arms, rubbed her temples, and asked, "By the way, how long did I sleep?"
"Two days," Luke replied.
With her mouth agape, Sydney said, "Two days? I was in bed for two days?"
"Yeah.” Luke nodded, "According to Finn, it's because you were stressed out."
"I see." Sydney understood the situation and lifted her chin, "How did I end up in
Port City?"
As far as she could remember, she passed out in the small courtyard of someone's home.
She had no idea what happened afterward.
"You were brought back by Julien's special assistant, Zach. You were with Julien. Zach called me, and I rushed to the hospital, happening to see Julien and you being sent to the emergency room. I asked Zach what had happened and learned that you were abducted and fell off a cliff. Julien jumped off to save you. When I got the news, my heart almost stopped beating." Luke patted his chest, keeping nothing from her.
At the mention of Julien's name, Sydney gaped at him and asked urgently, "What about Julien? Where is he?"
Luke felt depressed to see her so concerned about that man.
Then again, she survived because of Julien. He suppressed his agitation and said truthfully, "Darling, take it easy. Julien is also in the hospital. He is in the next ward.”
"How is he?" Sydney pressed, grabbing his arm.
There was gravity in Luke's look. "Not so well. He's seriously injured. His arm was broken, the wound on his back split open, and his internal organs were damaged. He also has a concussion and a fever. In short, it's pretty serious."
He was shocked when he learned about Julien’s condition.
It was a miracle that Julien escaped death.
He admired Julien for his courage but got mixed feelings. After all, Julien was injured when he was trying to save Sydney.
"That's serious." Sydney bit her bottom lip, ” Is he still in danger?"
Luke shook his head. "No, he's safe now. The fractures have been fixed. He just hasn’t come round."
Sydney was relieved. "That's good. Luke, help me up."
She stretched out her hand.
Luke helped her sit up.
She lifted the covers, trying to get off the bed despite her aching back.
Luke hurriedly stopped her. "Darling, where are you going?"
"To check on him," she replied, putting on her shoes.
Luke wanted to dissuade her from doing that but found it hard to, given what they had been through. His lips parted, but only a sigh came out. "Be careful. He won't run."
He reached out to support her.
They got out of the ward and headed to the next ward.
The door was open, and Sydney saw Finn standing by Julien's bed Holding a dossier, he wrote down something and talked to Zach. The assistant nodded from time to time.
Julien was lying on the bed. His face was no longer red but regained its sickly pallor. It seemed his fever had subsided.
Sydney knocked on the door.
In the ward, Finn stopped his movement. Both men then looked over.
Finn saw her and pushed the glasses up the bridge of his nose. "You're awake."
Sydney hummed in response.
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