“Ran into Ellie and her husband! They were so cute together! Sharing whispers and kisses through their masks!”

“Missed seeing Ellie and Mr. Thorpe at the top ten singers show, so disappointed!”

“Ahhh! Performing tonight felt like I was singing for Ellie and Mr. Thorpe’s magical romance! I was thrilled!”

“By 21, Ellie had earned her master’s degree, was thriving in her career, and had a handsome, loving husband. At 21, I’m stressing over my thesis, worried about finding a job, and still single!”

“Saw Ellie and Mr. Thorpe leaving early! Managed to snap a photo. Naha! It was like something out of a love story on TV!”

Ellie came across a post that had a picture attached.

“Check out this picture!” she uttered, hoping to lift Kaiden’s spirits by showing him the photo.

It showed Ellie sneaking off, pulling Kaiden by the hand towards the exit at a quick pace.

Ellie’s face was clear in the shot, while Kaiden was captured from the side. She was looking at him with a smile, and Kaiden remembered feeling like her eyes were filled with nothing but him at that moment. Kaiden looked at her with a soft expression.

“Send that to me,” he requested.

Ellie playfully held her phone away. “No way, this belongs to someone else. You can’t just mooch off them, Mr. Thorpe.”

Kaiden appreciated her gentle way of trying to cheer him up.

Even though she was trying to be subtle, he could still spot the awkwardness and sweetness in her effort.

When Erick walked back in, he found Ellie chatting and laughing with Kaiden. Her charm was unmistakable.

She had never acted like that around him!

Erick was caught between feeling jealous and annoyed.

Just then, the light outside the operating room turned off.

“The surgery went pretty well for the patient, but he’s still not safe. He’s going to be moved to the intensive care unit soon, and whether he wakes up will depend on how he’s doing. Also, the bleeding has put pressure on several nerves, including the one for speech. It’s uncertain how well he’ll recover,” the doctor explained.

The doctor’s words sounded somewhat hopeful, but if a brain hemorrhage was compressing the speech nerve, it probably meant Jorge would wake up unable to speak.

And with other nerves affected, there’s a good chance he might end up paralyzed on one side.

Talon and his family looked at each other, feeling secretly relieved.

After all, they were the ones who brought Jorge to the hospital. So, if he didn’t wake up or woke up with serious disabilities, they wouldn’t be held responsible!

Ellie spotted a hint of happiness in Erick’s eyes and frowned.

Jorge was then moved to the ICU.

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