Chapter 1139: Chapter 595: Extra Story: Outside the Operating Room, Alice Robinson’s Heart-Wrenching Cry_2
"I already told you, you’re going to be fine..."
Chester smiled. "Just think of it as being prepared for a rainy day."
Thinking of the ordeal he would face tomorrow, Alice’s nose stung and her throat tightened.
"Just look at you..."
Chester stood up, walked to her side, and drew her into his arms. "Be good, don’t overthink it, I’ll get through this."
Alice pressed herself tightly against Chester’s chest, her eyes brimming with tears.
Chester let out a long sigh. "I’ve already had Attorney Xin draft a will. If I’m unfortunate enough not to make it through this surgery, all the movable and immovable assets I’ve accumulated over the years, as well as ’QCS’, will belong to you and Rachel."
Alice stared at Chester in shock, her eyes widening in disbelief.
"This is the only way I can make it up to you."
Alice shook her head hard. "I don’t want them... I don’t want any of this... I just want you to live well..."
Chester crouched down and gently cupped her head that was shaking like a rattle. "Listen to me..."
Alice’s voice was hoarse. "I don’t want it..."
Chester used his thumb to wipe away the tear tracks at the corner of Alice’s eyes, coaxing softly, "Alice... I’m so sorry that when you were giving birth to Rachel, I was lying in a hospital bed. I’m sorry that when I could have taken care of you, I instead pushed you far, far away... There’s one thing you said that was right: from the moment you met me, your life was already destroyed by me. I was supposed to spend the rest of my life paying back what I owe you, but unfortunately, by the time I wanted to have you, I no longer had the chance... Now the only thing I can give you is to make sure that for the rest of your life you’ll never have to worry about food or clothing."
"Geoffrey..." Alice cried out in grief.
"Don’t cry..." Chester tenderly wiped the tears from Alice’s face. "We agreed to spend today happily."
"I don’t want that... Geoffrey..." Alice threw herself into Chester’s arms and broke down, sobbing.
Night.
Alice hadn’t slept at all. Only when she heard his even breathing by her ear did she slowly open her eyes.
These days, at night, she was always in this half-dream, half-awake state.
She had already gotten used to, in such quiet nights, under the faint light filtering in from the window, quietly watching him.
At this moment, asleep, he had none of his usual cold, fierce, aloof aura. Only his thick brows were still slightly knitted, as if even in his dreams some pain was still tormenting him!
A few locks of black hair fell unruly over his forehead, softening those stern, unapproachable hard lines of his face, making him look a bit more boyish and approachable.
Someone as exceptional as him, could he really not make it through this surgery?
She didn’t believe it...
Heaven had never favored him...
He was born without parents, adopted from the orphanage by M, yet the foster mother he respected most ended up using him, making him fight against his own brother...
His life had always been dark. Even when he met the sunshine of his life, Rebecca Quentin, by the time he met her, she was already another man’s woman.
No family love, no romantic love, he had always been so alone, yet he never complained about Heaven. He held fast to his ideals, practiced medicine and did good, and he saved countless people on the brink of death...
He was the world-famous Doctor Robinson; he was also the hidden CEO of the ’QCS’ Group; and he was the leader of the dark forces in the south of the Flowery Kingdom (Howard Geoffrey once told her he was far from simple, that ’QCS’ had once been suspected of laundering money for southern drug dealers; this was no mere rumor). He was half white, half black, and she knew that the black path had never been the one he wanted to choose...
Since Heaven had given him a chance at rebirth, why make him suffer this kind of illness again?
The first half of his life had already been so painful; why couldn’t he be given a peaceful and safe second half?
Heaven, please favor him just this once, okay?
She was willing to exchange all the blessings of this life of hers for his safety and soundness in this lifetime...
Dawn was breaking.
Chester turned over, and when his long arm groped at his side and found nothing, he froze for a moment, then sat up.
After searching for her everywhere and not seeing her, he stepped out of the room.
As he passed a guest room, he narrowed his eyes slightly.
Through the gap of the door that wasn’t fully closed, he saw her sitting on the carpet in the room, her eyes swollen, dark circles ringing them.
In front of her was a whole pile of one thousand origami cranes, almost covering half her face...
He frowned and walked in.
She heard the movement, lifted her eyes, and when she saw it was him, she was stunned for a moment.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
She slowly stood up, only then realizing her legs had gone numb.
He hurried forward to support her. "Damn it, how long have you been in this room?"
She held one of the one thousand origami cranes in her hand and smiled brightly. "Geoffrey, I only have a hundred left and I’ll be done..."
He held her wobbling body close, the crease between his brows deepening. "What are you doing with all this?"
Alice was so tired her eyes could barely stay open, but she rubbed them and looked at him with a giggly smile. "I heard people say that if you want a wish to come true, then you fold one thousand origami cranes in one night. If you can finish them, Heaven will definitely help you realize that wish... Look at me, I’ve already folded nine hundred, with just a hundred more I’ll have a full thousand. It’s not daybreak yet, I can definitely finish them. When that happens, Heaven will definitely help me realize my wish..."
"In the middle of the night you don’t sleep and you’re here folding this useless stuff?" Chester frowned in displeasure, unable to understand.
Alice kept talking to Chester while her hands didn’t stop folding the paper crane. She smiled and said, "How is this useless stuff... Once I finish this last hundred, my wish will come true."
His face darkened. "Damn it, what kind of wish needs this to come true?"
Alice kept folding the one thousand origami cranes as she answered, "I want Heaven to bless your surgery tomorrow so it goes smoothly..."
The moment the words left her mouth, his body gave a heavy jolt.
Alice said excitedly, "I’m almost done... Geoffrey, go to sleep, don’t worry about me."
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