His jaw tightened as he called her name again and again, but she still didn’t move.
Concern flashed across his face. He immediately bent lower, sliding an arm behind her back as if to lift her up.
But suddenly—
His movements paused.
A strange dizziness slammed into him without warning.
Elias frowned hard and blinked several times as his vision blurred for a second. His grip loosened slightly while he looked around in confusion.
That was when he noticed it.
Something was spraying out from a small device beside the bedside table.
At first, he thought it was a humidifier.
But it wasn’t.
The moment he inhaled again, his mind started going numb.
His body instantly turned weak and heavy.
“What the—”
His knees nearly gave out beneath him.
At that exact moment, Bianca slowly opened her eyes.
A smile spread across her lips as Elias’s body lost strength completely and collapsed forward onto the bed. Before he could even react, Bianca grabbed his arm tightly and pushed him down beneath her.
Elias stared at her with unfocused eyes, his breathing uneven.
“What the hell did you do?” he asked, his voice slurred and weak. “What… what’s going on…?”
Bianca only smiled down at him.
“I’ve been waiting for you to finally see me,” she whispered softly while brushing her fingers across his chest. “I couldn’t wait any longer, Elias.”
Her eyes slowly filled with frustration and desperation.
“It’s been so long. I kept donating blood over and over just to stay around you, but it’s like you’re blind.” Her voice trembled bitterly. “You never noticed how much I want you.”
As she spoke, her hands moved to his coat. She hurriedly pushed it off his shoulders before starting to unbutton his shirt with shaking fingers. She tugged his tie loose and tossed it aside carelessly.
Then she lowered her face to his neck, pressing desperate kisses against his skin.
Elias immediately tried to shove her away, but his body refused to cooperate.
His arm barely moved.
It felt numb.
Heavy.
Almost useless.
His fingers twitched weakly, but he couldn’t even properly lift his hand. Every part of his body felt slack, and it was becoming harder and harder to stay conscious.
