Chapter 16
Gradually, all three men’s lips had turned pale, especially the slender Lucas.
They were feverish but refused to leave.
Stella, after carefully dressing herself, got into the car heading to the hospital.
Seeing her through the car window, Adrian instinctively ran after the vehicle, with the other two following closely behind.
“Stella! We’re sorry!”
Stella didn’t look back. She went straight to James’s hospital room and chatted with him as usual.
Her phone kept buzzing incessantly. She had blocked and deleted Adrian, Lucas, and Maxwell’s numbers, so they used other numbers to contact her.
Glancing briefly at her phone, she saw photos and messages about them being hospitalized with fever.
Seeing their flushed faces and vulnerable expressions, she felt only irritation.
Such tactics wouldn’t work on her.
She turned off her phone and peacefully enjoyed her quiet time with James.
The air was fresh after the rain, and her mood was quite good.
When she left the hospital, she was surrounded by bodyguards sent by James’s parents.
Perhaps realizing that approaching her directly was futile and only annoyed her, the three men changed their strategy.
Every day, Adrian, Lucas, and Maxwell sent her apology videos.
On the first day, they rewrote love letters, bought gifts, photoshopped pictures of them together, and sincerely apologized.
When Stella saw those love letters written with such different mindsets, she felt that the pure–hearted young men who once loved her were gone forever.
The identical or similar gifts they bought based on their memories could never be the original ones that carried their shared history.
And no matter how skillfully the photos were edited, they were ultimately fake.
On the second day, they visited all the places they had been together, apologizing at each location and reminiscing about the past.
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Chapter 16
Stella did not respond.
On the third day, they went to St. Gabriel’s Chapel and rebuilt a prayer wall, placing prayer cards on it.
On the fourth day, they arranged for cars to hit them, landing themselves in the hospital.
They endured every injury Stella had ever suffered, one by one.
Only by personally experiencing the feeling of being near death could they understand that desperation.
Everything they had once destroyed, they tried to rebuild piece by piece.
But what had been destroyed wasn’t those material things–it was her genuine feelings for them.
Stella offered no response, focusing solely on supporting James through his rehabilitation.
During that month, James awakened. The moment his cool gaze fell upon her, Stella felt her heart skip a beat.
Only then did she truly understand what it meant to fall in love.
When James clearly saw her, his cool demeanor instantly transformed into boundless tenderness.
“Stella, you’ve been waiting for me for a long time, haven’t you?”
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Stella blushed and shook her head. “Not long. As long as you wake up, no amount of time is too long.”
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The smile on his face barely contained as he restrained himself, drawing her into his embrace with reverence.
“The grievances and pain you’ve suffered–do you need my help to settle them?”
“No need, I can handle it myself,” Stella refused without hesitation, her mind firmly made up..
James showed no disappointment, only smiling warmly as he said, “Alright. My family and I will always be your support.”
She instinctively averted her gaze, feeling her heart pounding wildly as she nodded awkwardly.
For several consecutive days, she accompanied him through rehabilitation.
James’s recovery brought immense joy to the entire Wilson family. They arranged for his discharge and specially organized a celebration.
When Stella and James returned home, they saw the entire house decorated almost identically to their wedding day. Both of them froze, almost thinking they had entered the wrong place.
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Chapter 17
