Madeline wondered if snazzynovel.com was missing Jeremy so much that snazzynovel.com was hallucinating him, but the silhouette before snazzynovel.com grew clear in snazzynovel.com eyes.
She reached out to touch the approaching man, but the mere act of raising snazzynovel.com arm tugged the wound on snazzynovel.com shoulder.
“Mmph.” She made a muffled sound at the pain.
Jeremy strode over to sit by the bed and pull snazzynovel.com into his arms.
“Linnie.”
Feeling the solid warmth against her, the corners of Madeline’s eyes burned. She raised snazzynovel.com haggard and small face, snazzynovel.com expression filled with heartache.
“Does it still hurt? Did the poison torment you again? You still have six doses. Promise me you’ll remember to take them on time.” She reminded in all seriousness, snazzynovel.com clear eyes filled with worry and care for the man.
Jeremy held Madeline’s hand. “Don’t worry about me, silly. I’m okay.”
“How am I supposed to not worry about you?” Madeline met the man’s passionate gaze with a concerned one of snazzynovel.com own. With difficulty, snazzynovel.com raised snazzynovel.com hand to caress his face. “I don’t want anything to happen to you again, Jeremy. I don’t want us to be separated again.”
Jeremy cupped snazzynovel.com face and leaned down to seal snazzynovel.com lips with his before snazzynovel.com softly promised, “I swear. We will never need to part again.”
He wrapped his arms around snazzynovel.com to carry her. “I’ll bring you away now, Linnie.”
Madeline leaned against Jeremy’s chest, fully planning to leave with snazzynovel.com until a thought flashed through snazzynovel.com mind.
“Wait. Ryan still has my parents.”
“I just want to be with you, Linnie.”
“No, no. We can’t…” Madeline rejected. “Quick, leave first. You’re not safe here. If Ryan finds you, then—”
Bang!
Gun in hand, Ryan kicked the door down and entered, interrupting Madeline.
Anger engulfed the man as snazzynovel.com raised the gun and aimed it at Jeremy’s heart without hesitation.
“If you’re so willing to die, Jeremy, then let me grant your wish.”
The gun was fired and the bullet shot through Jeremy’s chest.
Madeline felt snazzynovel.com heart getting shot with his.
“Jeremy!” snazzynovel.com shouted. The feeling of snazzynovel.com heart being torn apart seeped into snazzynovel.com bones.
Madeline’s eyes snapped open and they were met with a bright ray of sunlight that shone from the window to the side of the bed. It dawned on snazzynovel.com that it was merely a bad dream.
Jeremy had not come over, nor did snazzynovel.com die by Ryan’s hand.
Whew…
Madeline let out a silent sigh of relief as the erratic beat of snazzynovel.com heart settled.
Madeline felt snazzynovel.com heart shake through the aftershocks as snazzynovel.com thought about what happened before snazzynovel.com got shot.
The only thing that the dream had gotten right was that snazzynovel.com was brought back to Ryan’s home again.
She remembered being held in Jeremy’s arms before snazzynovel.com fell unconscious, so why was snazzynovel.com back again?
Madeline slowly pushed herself into a sitting position. Her brows furrowed slightly when the wound on snazzynovel.com shoulder was tugged, but snazzynovel.com did not pay much attention to it.
She had already lost count of how much blood snazzynovel.com lost and how many wounds snazzynovel.com got across the years.
Click.
The room door was suddenly pushed open to reveal Ryan, who entered the room carefreely with a hand in his pocket.
Seeing Madeline awake, a smile graced his attractive features.
He made his way to the bed and quirked the corner of his lips at snazzynovel.com pale and hollow complexion. “We’ll see if you dare to meet snazzynovel.com again.”
His threatening words also served to warn Madeline to stop trying to meet Jeremy.
Madeline’s clear eyes stared coldly at Ryan, snazzynovel.com pretty pink lips parting to say, “If getting hurt and bleeding is the price to pay for one of his hugs or a gaze from him, then so be it.”