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The day before discharge, I raised my phone with shaky hands and snapped a photo of the monitor by my bed. It read, “Gabriella Rochon, 28 years and 28 days old.”
Then I opened
cancer account. I wanted to crop out my name. Maybe
write something.
But I was too weak. My finger slipped and hit send.
Hubert arrived. Today, he wasn’t in a white coat. He wore a white shirt, just as he did when we first met.
“Alicia went to get the car. I’ll carry you over.
I didn’t have the strength to respond. I just gave a pale smile.
He carefully scooped me up. I leaned quietly into his broad, warm chest.
His heart was pounding. Fast and strong.
The rhythm was oddly calming. It made me sleepy.
“Gabriella, don’t sleep. Stay with me.”
I smiled faintly, fighting to keep my eyes open. I thought, “I won’t sleep yet. I haven’t said goodbye to Liam… not properly…”
I won’t sleep. But I’m so tired. And it hurts so much.
Maybe if I sleep, the pain will go away.
Just for a little while… a little while…
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At the end of the hallway, Liam saw Gabriella asleep in Hubert’s arms.
His face instantly darkened.
He thought he must’ve lost his mind for listening to Hubert and coming here for the so-called truth.
As Liam turned sharply to leave, those pale hands in Hubert’s arms suddenly went limp…
He didn’t see it. He didn’t hear Hubert choke out, head lowered, “Rest in peace, Gabriella.”
Back at the office, Liam summoned his assistant.
“Blacklist Gabriella!
“Any company that hires her–crush them!”
She played him again. This time, she’d pay!
Three days after Gabriella was blacklisted, her cancer account suddenly hit the trending search.
“Cancer Blogger Marmalade Stops Updating, Suspected to Have Passed Away. Netizens Dig Up First Love: Suspected the Caillet Group CEO, Liam Caillet!”
Liam saw it too. He frowned and clicked into the account.
“Day 1020: Doctor says it’ll hurt more as it progresses. But I still want to hold on.”
“Day 932: A fellow patient passed today. He said his biggest fear was
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being forgotten. But me… I hope my first love forgets me, yet I fear he really will. Am I stupid?”
“Day 133: Do you know why my username is Marmalade? Because his favorite fruit is orange. The doctor says my condition is terrible. But I’ll fight this rotten body to the end!”
“Day 10: Broke up with my first love. His family’s just as poor as mine. I can’t drag him down too.”
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The more he read, the more familiar it felt. The “first love” in her posts
was him.
Just then, his office door opened.
“Mr. Caillet, while sorting through our accounts, we found that
Gabriella’s ID is linked to another account–Marmalade. It’s the same one
trending right now.”
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