Chapter 189


    Chapter 189 Stop Ruining Yourself


    For three consecutive days, Erin hid in her hospital room and avoided seeing anyone. Whenever


    nurses came in to deliver her meals, Erin responded with two words coldly, “Go away.”


    Due to Paulo’s repeated emphasis to all medical staff that they should not force Erin into anything she


    disliked, they gave her full freedom. Therefore, when Erin refused to see anyone or eat anything, even


    the medical staff, including the psychologists, were at a loss.


    Paulo was aware of this, but he couldn’t understand why. After he’d gone out of his way to tell her all


    those good news. Erin not only didn’t. continue to face her treatment positively but even refused to


    ept the most basic necessities.


    On the first day when Erin refused to eat, Paulo told the medical staff not to worry too much, saying


    that she was just throwing a tantrum and that she would eat when she was really hungry. But after


    three days, Erin showed no intention of letting up.


    In the end, Paulo couldn’t let her have her way any longer. He couldn’t allow Erin to spiral down this


    path of self-destruction. He was afraid


    that Erin would really starve herself to death.


    At 6 am on the fourth day. Paulo arrived at Erin’s room with a bowl of nutritious oatmeal porridge he’d


    cooked himself.


    From the moment he entered, Erin, who was lying down, didn’t even spare him a nce. She showed


    no response whatsoever.


    With a displeased expression, Paulo deliberately and rudely ced the bowl of porridge on the coffee


    table, and a loud noise of ceramic


    colliding with ss rang out in the room. Even so, Erin remained indifferent. Shey t on her back,


    staring at the ceiling nkly. The ceiling waspletely devoid of anything-there was only vast


    whiteness.


    asionally, she would blink. Though she was physically lying in the ward, her heart and mind were


    simply not there. Her gaze was hollow and void as if nothing that happened in the world had anythingExclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org.


    to do with her anymore. Even when Paulo stood right in front of her, she still didn’t look at him. Her


    behavior of not eating or drinking for three days straight infuriated Paulo.


    Unable to bear how she was wasting her life away, Paulo finally burst out in anger. “Erin! Are you trying


    to kill yourself? Why did you suddenly decide to go on a hunger strike? What the hell are you doing to


    yourself?”


    Paulo took a deep breath, trying to suppress his irritable emotions as he continued. “I’ve done what you


    asked me to do. I brought you the information you wanted, and your son is living well with his father.


    You even have a sister who can temporarily take care of your mother. The scu mbag who harmed you


    is also dead! What else are you dissatisfied with?”


    Seeing Erin still wearing a hopeless expression. Paulo got even more furious. He chastised. “Can you


    stop ruining yourself like this? Why are you ying the role of a helpless martyr? What are you trying to


    achieve by not eating and drinking? Do you think you can be some kind of immortal deity by doing


    that?”


    Erin didn’t respond to the barrage of questions Paulo fired at her. It caused him to feel a deep sense of


    powerlessness; it felt as if he was punching cotton.


    Three days ago, after hearing about everything, Erin had a breakdown and wept bitterly. Afterward, she


    chose to lie down in silence, and at that time, Paulo didn’t say anything more. In fact, there were many


    things he had yet to say.


    Right now, he was at aplete loss. He couldn’t save someone who had given up on themselves.


    He didn’t bring Erin back from the ind just to have her die on him. No matter what, he couldn’t just


    leave her be. If it weren’t for the fact that Erin was the one that he personally saved, Paulo would have


    given up long ago had it been someone else. Whether the person lived or died would have nothing to


    do with him..


    He’d never been a saint.


    Paulo had many sides that Erin didn’t know about, but their time of acquaintance was short, so he


    hadn’t had the chance to show them, nor had she had the opportunity to learn more about him.


    Helplessly, Paulo nced at the unmoving person who was no different from a mummy in an ancient


    tomb at the moment. He turned around and carried a white leather chair from not far away over. Then,


    he forcefully ced it on the ground.


    He sat down but didn’t look at Erin. He just lowered his gaze and stared at a certain point on the floor.


    After about half a minute, Paulo began to pick up from where he’d left off three days ago.


    “During the time you were kidnapped, Chandler never gave up on searching for you. In the first month


    after you went missing, your mother


    said she went to the Frost building to find him and saw that he’d lost a lot of weight. His me ntal state


    was so bad that he was close to


    har ming himself.”


    Paulo raised his gaze intentionally to look into Erin’s eyes and swiftly caught a faint flicker in her


    originally unfocused eyes.


    He felt a glimmer of hope in his heart as he continued, “Your mother already considers Chandler as her


    son-inw. She told him to take care of himself so that he could take care of you in the future. Chandler


    did change afterward. He returned to a normal state of life, but the only thing that didn’t change was


    that he continued to dispatch arge number of personnel to search for you. After you disappeared,


    many of your friends tried to find you. They used their own connections and made efforts to locate you.”


    Paulo then sighed heavily. “But you should also understand that a long period of silence gradually


    erodes hope. Not everyone can firmly hold on to their beliefs that you’re still alive. Some people


    eventually gave up searching for you because they didn’t want their own lives to be plunged into an


    endless abyss, waiting indefinitely for someone they no longer believed woulde back. It’s a painful


    and helpless.


    thing to do.”


    Observing Erin, Paulo went on, “In many kidnapping cases that were done out of revenge, the victims


    were generally found dead by the time they were found. Yet, Chandler is still sending people around


    the world to search for you, which shows how important you are to him!”


    At this point, tears slid down the corners of Erin’s eyes, as she once again experienced the emotions


    that a normal person would have.


    Seizing the opportunity. Paulo went on, “ording to reliable information I’ve found, he has secretly


    divorced Jazzlyn. They never lived together after their marriage. Just recently, Chandler’s grandfather,


    Gaston, passed away. As soon as his grandfather passed away. Chandler immediately divorced


    Jazzlyn. Judging by his swift actions. Chandler has always been in a helpless position throughout this


    marriage. Your mother told me about this as well. She said Chandler wanted a divorce early on, but


    Gaston threatening to end his own life forced him to temporarily give up the idea of divorce.”


    Upon hearing this, Erin couldn’t help but look at Paulo. Her teary and glistening eyes focused entirely


    on him. “Did my mother tell you this?”


    Paulo felt a sense of joy in his heart. Seeing that she finally spoke to him and seemed to believe him,


    he shrugged and said, “I don’t appreciate what you just said. You’re making it sound like I’m deceiving


    you, bute on, think about it. What reason do I have to deceive you? I have no reason to speak on


    behalf of Chandler. Heck, we don’t even know each other! Also, I’ll be frank with you-I’m a very


    reclusive person. I spend most of my time here conducting my research. I have no interest in


    socializing and interpersonal rtionships.”


    Although Erin didn’t say anything, her expression indicated that she seemed to believe what he said.


    Paulo’s eyes flickered as he told her yet another piece of melodramatic information. “There’s something


    I heard that I found quite amusing. Do you know who your father, Steven, married after his divorce?”


    From the way he asked so teasingly, Erin surmised that the person in question must be someone she


    knew. After experiencing all those unfortunate events she’d been put through, hearing about her


    father’s divorce and remarriage hardly elicited any reaction from her.


    She casually asked, “Who?”


    Paulo smirked, his tone full of disdain as he answered. “Tracy.”


    This answer made Erin sit up straight in an instant. Incredulously, she asked again, “Who did you say?”


    “Tracy.”


    Hearing the same answer once more, Erin spaced out in disbelief. This sudden plot twist left her utterly


    speechless.


    Paulo raised an eyebrow mischievously and said, “Erin, I hope you won’t be too shocked by what I’m


    about to say. You see, not long ago, Tracy gave birth to a son for your father, so you have a new baby


    brother.”


    The absurdity of these family rtionships hit Erin hard and fast, and she couldn’t help but curse in


    frustration, “F u ck!”