His Healing, Her Vengeful Lie

Hayes watched Chloe Davis, his wife, her face a mask of impatient fury. The dim light of the makeshift medical tent did n

ed from the tube connected to his arm. It pooled in a

voice sharp. "It' s not enoug

table. His body, recovered from the mountain after a cl

ed, his own vision starting to blur. "I can hea

when I was paralyzed. But you won' t save him because you' re jealous! It' s your fault he went

t she had saved his life years ago after a terrible accident. It was only after the forced marriage, a cruel

a god. As the last of his lifeblood drained away, the worl

, li

le, and pain

ntain. He was in a pristine, white hospital room. The smell of antiseptic filled

ied face stood by the window

all began. The day the Davis family came to him

n his previous life, he had felt a profound sense of duty, a need to rep

led to a year of loveless marriage, res

ixture of awe and hope. "We' ve heard about your... gift. A

her hands clasped tog

doctors say she' ll never walk again. But we believe... we b

and saw the ghost of the woman who had watched him die. He

ool. A naive, s

ag

The weakness from his memory of bleeding out

ce flat and devoid of the warmth

he bed and stood, meeting her hopefu

your daughter'

binder of medical reports lay. He didn' t

. The damage to her spina

is insisted, a desperate edge to

et her

No

in the air, sh

ion crumbling from hope to disbelief.

alm, chilling tone, "that your daughter' s cond

rp, angry gasp. He had almost forgotten she was there. In his previous life, he h

oice was laced with disbelief and fur

r the first time in this new life. He saw the petulant twist of her li

voice like ice. "You' re a patient with an

grabbed a vase of flowers from a nearby table and hurled it at the w

d buy and sell you a thousand

at seemed to infuriate her even more. In his past life, her tears w

ence," he said, his tone cutting. "Screa

m her. "Chloe, darling, please! Dr. Hayes, I apologize

am, her face a mess o

st be something you can do

had refused, driven by a misplaced sense of honor. This ti

t medical reality. I cannot help her. My abilities, whatever you may have he

st wouldn' t. He wouldn' t sacrifice a single dro

"It' s not over. Jake will find a cure. He won' t let me

end as a savior. He felt a flicker of something, not pity, but a kind of detached fascination wi

that," Liam said, his tone drippin

revious life. He walked towards the door, feeling their shocked and furious stares o

ing man in a suit nearly collided with hi

id Chen. My daughter, Sarah... she was in the same accident as Miss Davis. Her conditi

en sideswiped by the reckless driver that had also caused Chloe' s crash. Her injuries were indeed more complex, more sever

Chloe who pulled him from the wreckage all those years ago. It was a kind young woman who had pressed a unique compass pendant

me desperation he' d seen on Mrs. Davis' s face. Bu

s his r

is real se