Renee turned to the man, clearly confused. “Weren’t you risking your life just to leave? Why the sudden


    change of heart?”


    “I just wanted to show you that none of you could stop me if I tried to leave. So, if I do stay, it would be


    of my own volition,” Stefan replied arrogantly.


    “But… why?” Renee still couldn’t understand. However, she now believed that Stefan was telling the


    truth, he did in fact have the ability to escape this ce.


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    ‘But wasn’t he missing Seraphina? Why is he so willing to stay now? This makes no sense!’


    “You mentioned that I risked my life to leave, but you risked your life to save me as well. That shows


    that we aren’t just hospital buddies as you said…” Stefan paused, then continued. “I want to know what


    kind of past rtionship we had to have warranted your desperate efforts.”


    He wasn’t sure if he had lost parts of memories, but he could tell that this ‘Renee Everheart’ had yed


    an important role in his life. Otherwise, her existence alone wouldn’t have been such an ufortable


    topic to Seraphina, and even his mother.


    Since everyone else wasn’t willing to tell him the truth, he had no choice but to look for answers


    himself.


    Renee froze. After a moment of silence, she spoke up softly. “If you’d really like to know, then


    cooperate with us on your recovery. Once you regain your sight, you’ll be able to see my face. Maybe


    then you’d remember who I am.”


    “That sounds good,” Stefan said, disying a genuine smile he hadn’t shown since losing his sight. “I


    look forward to that day.”


    Renee didn’t reply, mixed emotions stirred with her chest as she thought, ‘Maybe… when you do see


    me, you’ll realize how unworthy I am of being in your life!’


    When Stefan returned to the sanatorium, he no longer disobeyed orders. Hence, Margaret conducted a


    full body check up on him, only to leave her shaking her head and sighing repeatedly.


    Renee felt rather anxious as she stood nearby. She was worried that this might give Stefan


    unnecessary pressure, and requested Margaret to step outside for a moment. “Margaret, how is he


    now? Is it possible for him to ever see again?”


    Margaret seemed troubled. She wanted to say something, but stopped herself. After some struggling,


    she finally exined, “Miss Ren, I’ll be honest with you. His sight isn’t the biggest issue here. His pulse


    indicates that his condition is worsening, especially his brain. He might have suffered severe trauma,


    which led to the blood clot in his brain. We should first think of ways to nurse him back to health, or else


    he…”


    Margaret couldn’t bring herself to exin further. Her diagnosis was simr to La’s, in that Stefan


    was in quite a bad condition. She even made sure to spare Renee the horrific details.


    “Severe trauma? Blood clot? Then… Can we still save him?” Renee turned pale, panicking since she


    merely thought Stefan sustained external wounds. She had always believed that his constitution was


    fine, and didn’t think it’d be so severe.


    “Calm down, it’s a good thing you brought him here in time. We’re not toote yet. My father, who I


    severed ties with, was an expert in curing blood stasis. I learned some skills from him back then, so we


    should let him try some medicinal tea for now.”


    “Once his brain has healed, his eyes might even recover along with it.” Margaret patted her on the


    shoulder, consoling the woman gently.


    “That’d be great!” Renee sighed in relief. She was secretly happy that she was shameless enough to


    have kidnapped him in time. Otherwise, healing him would have be mere wishful thinking.


    “But… There is still a small issue…” Margaret seemed reluctant to speak again.