Remarriage Failed Again Today

To avoid making the same mistake twice, Leona Grant made a point of checking the caller ID this time.

The screen showed a call from the butler. His heart sank.

He was worried something might happen to Annabelle Linton, so he’d had the butler watch over her in secret, just in case. The butler would never call him for no reason...

Leona Grant answered the phone, his expression grim. Then, after hearing what was on the other end, his face changed in an instant, and he bolted out the door.

Chase had been looking down. When he glanced up, his boss was already gone.

Chase: "..."

He rolled his eyes so hard they nearly got stuck in the back of his head.

’It had to be about Miss Linton,’ he thought. ’So much for ignoring her, Mr. CEO. What happened to not even giving her the time of day?’

’Pathetic!’

...

Leona Grant floored it all the way back to the villa, running several red lights along the way.

The butler had told him that Annabelle Linton had a high fever, had been drenched in the rain, and had fainted on the side of the road.

Hearing this, Leona Grant felt a surge of both anger and heartache.

’Damn woman! If she’d just come to me earlier, she wouldn’t have had to go through all this!’

’And where was her so-called fiancé?’

’Isn’t he always calling her ’Annabelle’ this and ’Annabelle’ that so affectionately?’

’Annabelle Linton is in this state, and he’s nowhere to be seen?!’

’She needs a proper wake-up call to open her eyes and see the truth!’

SCREECH—

The car screeched to a halt in front of the villa. Leona Grant coolly tossed the keys to a staff member to park the car and ran inside without a second’s delay.

Annabelle Linton was lying in what used to be their bedroom. The staff had already changed her clothes, and she was now hooked up to an IV drip.

An entire medical team was gathered around Annabelle Linton’s bed, examining her.

She lay on the bed, pale and utterly devoid of life.

Leona Grant’s heart clenched. He rushed forward, and seeing her condition, his brow furrowed deeply. "What’s wrong with her?"

The doctor replied grimly, "Her fever reached 104 degrees, and she was soaked by the rain. Her body couldn’t handle the strain, so she collapsed. She also has some scrapes on her legs, arms, and feet."

Leona Grant stared at him in disbelief, clearly stunned. "One hundred and four degrees!"

"Yes."

"Damn it!"

Leona Grant immediately sat on the edge of her bed, took one of her hands in his, and gazed at her with a pained expression.

She was already so thin. Though it had only been a few days since he’d last seen her, he could tell she’d lost even more weight; her chin had grown sharper.

There were deep, dark circles under her eyes. ’She probably hasn’t rested properly in days.’

Leona Grant heaved a long sigh.

’To be honest,’ he thought, ’what happened these past two days was his fault for pressuring her relentlessly.’

’But if he didn’t, he wouldn’t have a chance at all...’

Leona Grant pressed his lips together and sighed in resignation, then dismissed all the doctors to take care of Annabelle Linton himself.

He fed her medicine, applied a cooling patch to her forehead, and wiped her face with a damp cloth.

Annabelle Linton’s fever was severe, and she remained unconscious well into the evening.

The villa was once again thrown into a frenzy of activity.

The commotion lasted until the middle of the night, when her fever finally began to subside.

Overcome with guilt, Leona Grant gently dabbed her forehead with a damp cloth and applied medicine to her scrapes.

As he was bent over, tending to her, a single, glistening tear slid from the corner of Annabelle’s eye. She murmured unconsciously, "Ryan..."

Leona Grant froze.

Then, he got into bed, lay down beside her, and gently wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into his embrace.

Stripped of her usual wildness and cold demeanor, she was exceptionally pliant in his arms.

Leona Grant lowered his head, pressing a soft kiss to her forehead.

He gazed at her intently, his voice raspy. "This will all be over soon. As long as I’m here, I won’t let anything happen to you, you understand...?"

That night, he held her as he fell asleep.

...