Substitute Her to Love You novel Chapter 276

After I finished my words, I sensed that Patrick held me in his arms somewhat stiffly.

He got up slightly and looked at me with a lost look on his face.

Seeing his look, I couldn't help but be stunned.

Green stubble was all over Patrick's face. With his eye sockets sunken, there were pretty dark eye circles under his eyes.

He seemed to...

It was as if...

He hadn't slept well for a long time.

Seeing him like this, I felt a sharp pain in my heart.

I couldn't help but reach out and touch his cheek, asking, "What happened to you..."

"Patrick."

As Patrick was about to respond, Shelton came in.

He went straight to our side and said to Patrick, "Jeremy is waiting for you, saying that he has something to tell you."

Patrick looked up at Shelton. Hesitating for a moment, he stood up.

When Patrick withdrew his arms, unexpectedly, I, who could no longer feel the familiar warmth, felt a profound reluctance in my heart.

He gently put me back on the bed so carefully.

It was as if he were holding his most precious treasure in his hands.

Seeing that Patrick was about to turn around and leave, I couldn't help but stretch out my hand and grab hold of his sleeve.

Immediately after that, realizing that I had done something inappropriate, I quickly withdrew my hand.

Noticing my movement, he turned his head and curled up his thin lips, revealing a beautiful smile. He raised his hand as if he wanted to touch my face, only to pause in the air. Hesitating for a moment, he withdrew his hands in the end.

He turned around and left.

Looking at Patrick's back view all the time, I kept looking in the direction despite that his view was out of my sight.

Only after a long time did I realize that Shelton was right standing next to me.

I looked at him with some embarrassment and apologized subconsciously, "I'm sorry, I..." "It's okay." Shelton had a gentle look on his face as

ever.

He sat next to me.

A doctor measured my blood pressure again.

After that, I couldn't help but ask Shelton, "He didn't have a good rest..."

"Are you talking about Patrick?" Shelton looked in the direction where Patrick had left and nodded, "Yes, in the past few days, something happened to Towering High. He has been dealing with it. So he didn't rest well."

"Oh..." I nodded and asked, "How did you find me?"

As I spoke, the doctor was measuring my temperature.

Shelton told me, "Patrick went to see you that day, only to find that there was a bowl at the door of the studio. No one answered his call when he called you. So he broke into the studio by breaking the door."

It was Patrick.

Unexpectedly, it was Patrick who had saved me.

Knowing this, I couldn't help but be somewhat disturbed in my heart.

"Where are Gina and Jeremy?"

"Patrick focused on rescuing you rather than catch them at the first moment. Later, he cooperated with the police and arrested them. Now they have been locked up, waiting for a trial." Holding my hands, Shelton said, "Do you know that I had been quite worried about you over these days while you were in a coma."

I nodded.

According to Shelton, he was the one who had been by my side.

Throughout the days and nights, lying in the darkness, I found the warmth in my palm the sole comfort, thus becoming hopeful.

I stayed in the hospital for another two weeks before I could be discharged.

During this period, it was always Shelton who had been accompanying me. Never did I see Patrick again.

During these days, I had been communicating with Glenn by video call.