Loving You In Secret

Chapter 17

Sheila was rushed to the hospital shortly after. Just as she was taken to the ward, she spotted a group of doctors wheeling someone on the bed out of the emergency room. With the doctors standing in the way, she could not see the patient’s face and only heard the doctors whispering to one another as she went past them.

“Have you managed to reach the patient’s family?”

“Not yet. She didn’t have that many contacts on her phone to begin with… We tried calling the person she called most recently, but no one has picked up so far.”

“Oh, dear. I pity her. She almost drowned to death, and she doesn’t even have a friend or a family member

with her…”

Sheila looked away carelessly.

Inside the ward, the doctor was treating Sheila’s wound when Tyler walked inside.

“How is she?” he asked.

“It’s just a scratch, so she’s alright. She should recover in a few days,” replied the doctor.

Tyler nodded.

Sheila looked at him longingly. “I’ve caused you trouble today, Tyler,” she muttered, her voice gentle and pleasant. “If it wasn’t for you, Miss Sparks wouldn’t have let me go that easily.”

Tyler remained expressionless. “It’s not your fault. Someone just decided to take it out on you.”

She was stunned for a moment but immediately realized what he meant by that. He had given his word and no one out there would dare to bully Sheila…or so it was supposed to be. It was clear that Maria was

determined to make Sheila suffer.

did you know…Miss Sparks?”

that despite playing around, he did not have many female friends, so she had not expected Tyler to act as though he had known Maria for a

her question and simply said, “Rest. This

dress. He stared at her darkly as he

won’t ever

met his own. “You listen here, Tyler Hart. We’ll

the voices and scattered memories crowded

home until midnight, but he never returned home and was seen with another

night and wait for him to come home, but he

the rare occasions that he returned, they

birthday or their anniversary, nor did he bother to spare her a single look in

and the man was strangling her with bloodshot eyes.

his grip around her neck. Slowly running out of breath, Vicky choked and sensed that the end

away, and before her was a

awake, Vicky.” Someone approached her and asked, “Vicky, are you alright?”

focused on the beautiful

elegant–looking man whom Vicky did not

have concluded that Vicky lost her

was in a car accident some time ago and lost my

stilled. “You were involved in a car accident?”

light–headed at the

and introduced himself, “Vicky, my name is Sebastian Mills. We grew up together.”

pale face filled Sebastian’s heart with regret and pain. “I’m sorry, Vicky. I shouldn’t have left you with Tyler Hart.”

Her head was spinning, and she could not even recall anything about the man standing

before her.

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Sebastian decided not to mention the past again and asked hesitantly, “Vicky, why did you drown?