Chapter 225 I''ve Loved You for So Long


    The paramedics hurried to rescue Jack, who was unconscious, but still alive. Emily lost consciousness


    as soon as her bodynded on the rescue air cushion. Without wasting another second, she was


    carried to the ambnce and taken straight to the hospital.


    At the same time, no one noticed that Mark had done the exact same thing as Jacob without even


    thinking twice. When he found out that Tina was still inside the hotel, he rushed headfirst into the fiery


    building.


    When the Tao family hade to learn of this, it was already toote!


    Mark followed the firefighters inside to search for Tina with a fire extinguisher in his hands.


    "Tina! Tina Tao!" he cried out. The smoke billowed ck across the building, filling his lungs, as he


    coughed intensely. Often times the me would be a different hue, emitting copious amounts of ck


    smoke that choked him and blinded his vision. Unfortunately, in his rush to save Tina, Mark forgot to


    bring a safety mask with him.


    Even after the fire was finally put out, Mark was still searching for Tina. At longst, he found Tina in a


    room!


    When he found Tina she was lying on the ground motionless, which made it unclear as to whether she


    was dead or alive. The skin on her hands and face were all burnt. A frightening sight, barely


    recognizable by Mark.


    Mark rushed into the room and held Tina in his arms, despondent and grief-stricken.


    A firefighter exined to Mark, "Fortunately, this room was properly insted, thus, the fire was not


    able to spread inside, but as the temperature rose and the oxygen level reduced drastically, the room


    virtually uninhabitable for any human being..."


    Mark, however, did not have the patience to listen to what the firefighter had to say. He cuddled up Tina


    and rushed out yelling, "Doctor! Doctor!"


    ''Why does it always end up like this? Why does she always end up getting hurt!''


    Mark cried in his heart, out of frustration.


    When Jack finally came to his senses, he found himself in the hospital.


    In a series of shbacks, Jack''s memory of the fire caught up with him, as he felt like he had just


    woken up from a nightmare. However, the deep third-degree burns inflicted on his back reminded him


    of what really happened.


    The first thing that popped into Jack''s mind was Emily. He asked, " Where is Emily?" Jack''s voice was


    so hoarse that it felt like the sound of grinding on abrasive paper.


    Relieved, the nurse was delighted to see that Jack had regained his consciousness. "Mr. Jack, you''re


    finally awake! Miss Bai? She... Mr. Jacob came and took her with him..." the nurse exined.


    The nurse looked at Jack with a disappointed look on her face, as she mentioned Emily. As a young


    master of the Gu family, it seemed like Jack''s significance had relegated to something far worse than


    before. Not a single person hade to visit him, despite his critical injuries...


    However, Jack did not care about the fact that his family had abandoned him, as he had grown


    ustomed to the fact that he had no real attachments with anyone in his family. The only thing that


    brought his spirits down, was the fact that Emily had left to be with Jacob.


    ''Does Emily really hate me that much?'' Jack wondered.


    At the same time, in another ward, "Ah!" Anguished, Tina screamed with horror when she saw her face


    in the mirror. In utter disbelief, she yelled at the mirror, "My face! What happened to my face?! How did


    this happen? "


    The doctor standing next to her and quivered nervously. She exined, "Miss Tina, you''ve suffered


    severe third-degree burns to your face..."


    "No!" Tina interrupted.


    Needless to say, Tina did not want to ept the truth. Tina tore away the gauze on her face and


    exposed herself to the grim scars. Her beautiful face was in ruins now.


    "How did ite to this? My face, my face... Wait, where is that bitch, Emily? Tell me she''s dead!


    Right? It was such a big fire. If this is what happened to me, she must have been burnt to a crisp..."


    It seemed like it was the only thing that would give Tina''s heart some sce... Nevertheless, soon she


    began to break everything in the ward, like a lunatic!


    Even if Emily were dead, it wouldn''t change the fact that her face looked like a car crash. Tina''s face


    was ruined beyond recognition!


    It was time to face the truth that she had bigger problems in her life than Emily!


    As the doctors had failed to cate Tina, Mark came in. The medical staff looked at Mark as if he were


    the divine savior. "Mr. Mark, finally, you''re here. Miss Tina..." they said.


    All of a sudden, a cup flew past Mark''s face, missing him by just an inch.


    With superb reflexes, Mark raised his hand just on time to catch the cup and crush it in his hands.


    "Scrunch!"


    "Get out! All of you, get out of here!" yelled Tina.


    "Tina! Calm down!" urged Mark. There was a subtle change in Mark''s behavior,pared to before, as


    he held her tightly feeling sorry for her. With a kind and gentle tone, he said, "Please stop acting like


    this. Let the doctors do their job."


    Tina interrupted, "How can I calm down? Look at my face! My face is totally screwed up!" Tina''s eyes


    were bloodshot red, full of anger and resentment. "Don''t tell me that you still love me, even though I am


    an ugly mess! You''re crazy! Get out of my sight!" Tina blurted without thinking.


    Tina''s words reached deep into Mark''s chest and squeezed the life out of his heart. He zipped his lips,


    as he took out a pair of handcuffs, with a look of despair in his eyes. Before Tina knew it, Mark


    handcuffed her to the bed frame!


    "Come! And apply ointment on her!" he ordered the medical staff. Mark held down Tina''s legs with both


    hands and yelled at the medical staff to proceed with the treatment.


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    Astounded, the medical staff responded quickly and hurried to apply medicine on Tina''s wounds.


    Tina struggled and cursed, "Mark! You son of a bitch! Get out of here! I hate you! I will never love you!


    Get lost!"


    The medical staff lowered their heads in shame and ignored Tina''s appalling behavior.


    Frustrated, Mark did not saying anything. He just tightened his grip on Tina, not knowing that he was


    hurting her. Tina was crying in pain, but still Mark did not let go.


    When the doctors finished applying the ointment on Tina, Mark still did not let her go. He looked at her


    eyes affectionately and suddenly, he kissed her.


    "Hmm..." she mumbled. Tina stared at Mark with surprise as all the vicious wordsing out of her


    mouth was suddenly blocked by his lips. "Get out...


    Hmm..." Mark did not give her the chance to resist.


    ''How dare he... Kiss me! How?'' Tina yelled in her mind.


    Shocked, everyone in the room stood there motionlessly after what they had witnessed. Since the Tao


    family had kept the truth about Tina''s biological parents from the world, they weren''t aware that Mark


    and Tina weren''t rted by blood. Thus, the sight of Mark kissing his "sister" like lovers came as a


    huge shock to them.


    "One more look, I will dig your eyes out! One more word of this and I will pull out your tongues!"


    Mark stressed every word, confirming his threat. He was like a blood-thirsty beast no one had the


    audacity to defy.


    Immediately, everyone shifted their sights and attention elsewhere, pretending to be busy with


    something else, as they left the room quietly.


    "Mark! Have you lost your mind?" yelled Tina. If Tina''s hands weren''t cuffed, she would have surely


    punched Mark on the face!


    "Yes, I''ve lost my mind! I''ve gone insane!" he answered out of frustration. Mark looked deeply into her


    face. With love in his eyes, he said, "Tina, I''ve loved you for so long. Didn''t you feel anything?"


    Tina, however, was unmoved, as she looked back at him coldly and answered, "I only took you as my


    brother!"


    "But I''m not your biological brother, right?" Mark interrupted.


    "It does not change anything," she replied coldly. Tina was horrified at the thought of Mark falling in love


    with her. Was it before the truth about her birth was exposed or...


    "If you still want to be my sister, I''ll be okay with that. Actually it might be more exciting for me," he said.


    Mark lowered his head to kiss her again.


    Tina turned her head away in disgust, as Mark''s lipsnded on her cheeks.


    Mark''s eyes darkened, as he pulled her face, forcing her to ept his kiss.


    Mark had longed for her kiss for so many years and the kiss felt exactly as he had imagined, primal and


    electrifying. He couldn''t just stop at first taste.


    Mark had been waiting too long for this day... for Tina.