Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 948

The hospital.

By the time Mark and Arianne arrived, Eric was in the middle of surgery. No one was waiting outside the operating theatre before they arrived. It was heart-breaking.

Arianne sat on a long bench in the hallway. “Who called you? Why is no one here?”

“Tanya.” Mark looked at her from his side profile.

Arianne frowned. “Why her? I guess it makes sense… She left after making that call, probably because she didn’t want to run into us.”

“The condo she lives in is right across Eric’s office. She probably happened to see that something had happened to him, so she sent him to the hospital and called us.” He guessed. “Jackson is on his way back too.”

Arianne had nothing to say about that. At least, Tanya wasn’t completely evil and hadn’t forgotten Eric’s kindness toward her.

The surgery took more than five hours. Once the operating theatre’s indication lights went out, Mark rushed forward and waited for the door to open.

The head surgeon’s forehead was drenched in sweat when he emerged. “Are you the patient’s family members?”

Mark nodded heavily. “How is he?”

Tiffany held her chest in agony. “Where’s Vicky? She can’t possibly be asleep at a time like this, right? Eric’s been out for so long, and she’s closest to him, yet Tanya was the one who sent him to the hospital? I’ve never liked that woman. Aren’t they supposed to be living together? Her boyfriend hasn’t been home all night, so why hasn’t she reacted at all?”

Arianne had nothing to say in Vicky’s defense. Perhaps there was no explanation needed. Tanya had used Eric’s phone to call Mark and Jackson, so she had probably called Vicky too. Who knows why Vicky wasn’t here.

They kept vigil in the hospital for the entire night. Eric finally woke up the next day. He was as pale as a ghost and his eyes… held no trace of sorrow at all, as if he knew that this was his end and had already accepted it. “What are you all doing here?”

Jackson managed a bitter smile. “What else would you expect? You’re really something else. You’ve kept this from us all, even till this point. Were you afraid of troubling us? Some best friend you are. Are Mark and I nothing more than drinking buddies to you?”