Chapter 136
The area where his heart was located suddenly became numb, even
numbing his fingertips. ric couldn’t help but let out a muffled groan,
instinctively pressing his palm against his chest.
Hearing his painful moan, Victoria looked over and noticed him leaning
against the steering wheel with a terribleplexion.
For all the time they’d known each other, ric’s health had remained
great, hardly ever falling ill. This was the first time Victoria had ever seen
him in such a bad state, so she was also taken aback as she quickly
reached out to support him.
“What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”
The dull pain did not disappear but instead intensified when Victoria
supported him, and the feeling of emptiness in his heart continued to
grow. However, when he saw the worry on Victoria’s face, this feeling of
emptiness was slowly filled with another emotion.
ric wasn’t answering, yet still sweating profusely and appearing to be in This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.
great pain, so Victoria said, “I’ll call an ambnce for you.” But before she
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could even reach for her phone, ric grabbed her wrist tightly with his
hot and strong paim, and it felt like a branding iron against her skin.
He gripped her wrist tightly while suddenly leaning toward her.
Victoria was startled, thinking that ric was only doing so because he
wasn’t feeling well, so she quickly reached out to support him once again.
However, ric stopped just inches away from her lips, his dark and deep
gaze piercing into her in the dim environment.
The pain made his breathing unstable.
Regardless, ric still held onto her hand tightly and pressed it against his
chest as if doing so would ease the pain.
Victoria lowered her head and nced at where her hand was ced,
which happened to be over ric’s heart, and it was pounding so hard
that even she could feel it.
She had never seen ric act as such before.
“What’s wrong with you?” she asked as she looked at the agony on his
face, wondering why he was so close to her despite being in so much
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pain.
ric’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down as he pursed his thin lips. “Are
you worried about me?”
“What do you think?” Victoria replied. Given the way he looked, it was only
natural for her to worry. She didn’t pick up on anything about ric’s
questioning, but she did sense that his breathing was bing more
and more unstable. Thus, she suggested for fear of his safety, “Let me call
an ambnce.”
“Don’t!” ric growled, then used her, saying, “You’re not worried about
me.”
His words made Victoria furrow her brows in frustration. “What are you
talking about? Let go of my hand, and I’ll call for an ambnce. If you don’t
want to get an ambnce, I’ll take you to the hospital.”
ric gazed at her silently as if trying to ascertain something, then only
released her hand slowly after some time. “I’m not going.”
While saying so, he sat back and closed his eyes while resting against the
seat.
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The dull pain in his heart from earlier felt all too real, but it had subsided
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somewhat now. Nevertheless, ric’s forehead was covered in sweat, and
a few strands of ck hair stuck onto it.
Seeing him lean back in his seat, Victoria frowned. “Why won’t you go to
the hospital? You’re not feeling well.”
“It won’t do any good,” ric muttered.
Victoria’s frown deepened. “How do you know that if you haven’t even
gone to the hospital? Do you even know what your symptoms are?”
He sat in silence with his eyes downcast, still reeling from the agony he
had just endured. In the dingy environment, he looked almost defeated
with a hint of sadness etched on his face that made her heart ache.
Victoria couldn’t quite put her finger on why she was feeling this way too.
Truth be told, the way ric looked just now had scared her. Despite
knowing him for so many years, she had never seen him in so much pain
before.
As she thought about it, Victoria narrowed her eyes and looked at ric
intently. “What’s wrong with you? Do you have some incurable disease or
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something?”
ric, who had been hanging his head, looked at her speechlessly when
he heard her words. He scoffed. “An incurable disease? Are you hoping for
me to die soon?”
“Then why won’t you go to the hospital?” Victoria pressed. It was strange
that he had seemed so pained earlier, yet he refused to seek medical
attention. Didn’t he find himself acting strange too?
Before he could answer, Victoria wanted to continue questioning him, but
she was stopped when ric abruptly unlocked the car door and said.
hoarsely, “Go up.”
Victoria wanted to say more, but upon seeing his apathetic expression
and the fact that he didn’t seem interested in conversing any further, she
suddenly lost her enthusiasm. She realized that even if ric had a
medical condition, it wasn’t her ce to care for him anymore. They were
about to get divorced, after all.
With a cold heart, Victoria undid her seatbelt and prepared to get out of
the car.
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“Wait.” Unexpectedly, ric called out to her again.
She turned to look. Did he change his mind? Does he want me to take him
to the hospital?
The next second, ric turned the keys and said coldly, “I’ll go up with you.”
With that, he opened the car door and got out, leaving Victoria wondering
what he was up to. Nheless, she had no choice but to follow him out
of the car.
When she got out of the car, Victoria noticed that ric had alreadye
over to her side. He helped her close her car door and immediately picked
her up in his arms.
“It’s fine,” said Victoria, instinctively refusing.
“What do you mean?” ric red at her, his breaths still rough. “After
what happened today, can you walk up by yourself?”
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It was only a few steps, and Victoria didn’t think she couldn’t make it on her
own with an injured foot.
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ine kicked hard, but even if it didn’t appear to break the skin on the
surface, it ultimately hurt deeply. If she wanted to get better, she would
have to put up with the difort for a few days at the very least.
Regardless, walking a short distance was not a problem since she could
just endure the pain. ric had looked so painful just moments ago, yet
he was now holding her.
“Please put me down. Didn’t you just-”
“Shut up!” ric interrupted her impatiently. “I’ll take you upstairs so that
you can rest.”
Knowing that he was a very stubborn person, Victoria didn’t say anything
and silently hoped that this journey wouldn’t take long.
After ric brought her back to her room, he nced at the wound on her
leg and said, “If you need to bathe, ask the servant toe up and help
you.”
“Alright, I got it.” Victoria nodded.
ric looked at Victoria as she sat on the bed quietly and obediently,
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which caused him to feel a huge sadness in his heart. It was a long time
before he finally said, “I’m sorry about today.”
Hearing this, Victoria became startled. She thought that the matter would
just be skipped over and never expected him to apologize voluntarily.
“In the future, I will protect you.”
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