It’s Love That Blinds Him – Chapter 233

Tandy entered the operating room and saw the doctor’s grim face. His jaw clenched, uneasiness overwhelming him. Lucia was lying on the bed, her face pale and bloodless as death.

Tearing his eyes from her calm form, he looked at the monitor next to the operating table. Tandy focused on the constant up and down pattern of the lines. It was all he could do against the suffocating tension, hanging like a dark curtain over the room.

All the doctors present knew the seriousness of the situation. There was nothing more they could do. Lucia should have been sent to intensive care after the operation, but she was occupying the operating room instead. No one dared to ask why.

care unit to intercept any unexpected events.

lf an hour. If she still can’t wake up by then…” The head doctor’s voice trailed off and he lowered his head, unable to finish his words.

n the room. Everyone lowered their heads, without saying a word. It was a long moment before

him by surprise before his eyes widened in understanding. T

her to wake up. Otherwise, the operation is doomed to failure,” the doctor said, forbidding what Tandy had wanted to do.

ses critical. But no matter how serious the situation, it can only be used on a conscious patient or in an emergency before an operation. Giving it to someone who was still sleeping after a medical procedure would only put their safety at risk. life-threatening.

had to ban this method.

r mark. There was no other sound in the operating room – all of its conscious occupants staring wide-eyed at the only person with their eyes closed inside the room. They waited with bated breath as the seconds dragged o

tched slightly.

ns of waking up.” The doctor was the first of them to notice it. Within seconds, the operating table was surrounded by others.

ed forward, not taking her eyes off Lucia. His hands started to move. He watched as she slowly lifted it, her eyelids fluttering before finally opening completely. The first thing Lucia was aware of was pain. The sharp sensation coursed through her, making her entire body convulse in response. The small movemen

spered, her voice hoarse and

ace.

ant…to rest…” Lucia exhaled, each word becoming more labored than the last. She looked at Tandy with pleading eyes.

aths, Lucia’s eyes closed again.

quiet, their silence solemn and meaningful inside the room.

e had been besieged by suffering for years. She had borne his pain as much as she could and she was attacking his will, exhausting him to the point of embracing death as a final reprieve.

en far worse than death. The world showed him no mercy. Lucia lived trapped in her own pain, unable to let go of the past.

form the family outside that the patient has died.” The others can leave now. If her family wants to see her, tell them to wait twenty minutes.” The doctor’s voice was calm, but the slight tremor in his voice betrayed hints of nervousness. The attending doctor quickly did as he asked and walked out of the room

door to the operating room closed

he next moment, the doctor took a

ren. They should be reason enough for you to keep fighting. If you want to get away from all this, I’ll take you back to Spain. Malcolm will never know. Then you can go wherever you want. So please. You must live. You can’t give up now. You still have plenty of things and people to live for.”

ps and shape his sincerity. The operation had been successful, but even that would be of no use if Lucia surrendered. She no longer had any desire to live, and

d her hand.

hether or not he had succeeded in convincing her.

at the doctor who quickly took out the medicine and injected it into Lucia’s flesh. Soon his eyes closed. The monitor gave one last shar

into a near-death

o verbalize their question. The assistant doctor spoke first, taking the initiative to announce the tragedy to them.

me inside.” His voice was steady as he informed them, but there was no regret in his tone.

even Hudson was still. Among them, only Malcolm remained calm in the face of the devastating news.

ssistant doctor’s collar and shaking him.

verything we could,” the assistant doctor explained frantically as Malcolm’s hands gripped the fabric of his gown . Fear coursed through him at the man’s gaze.

terile clothes. The children were left outside with Enoch.

houlders, as if defeated.

is fingers touched his wrist, there was only silence where there should have been a pulse.

felt as if his own heart had s

ess died as quickly and suddenly as it had appeared. The joy he had wanted to cherish and share had lost its place.

prove himself wrong. He would have given anything for it to have been a mistake. But the world was deaf to his prayers. There was nothing but a straight line, condemning him to a reality he could never face.

n hardened to such a cruel fact. But as he looked at Lucia’s face, he felt like he was truly experiencing death for the first time.

peration,” Malcolm said.

still wasn

ned in detail what had happened. Tandy didn’t take her eyes off Malcolm until the doctor was finished. Then he looked at Lucia.

d quickly, not giving Malcolm a chance to speak.

transparent.

ns family cemetery, in case you forgot .” Tandy already knew of Malcolm’s intentions and had flatly denied them.

rson. If he decided to oppose Tandy’s plan, he didn’t know what to do next. Time was crucial. Within a few hours, the medicine would lose its effect. Tandy looked nervously at Malcolm, waiting for his next move.

rehead. Then he left the room in silence.

at least let her keep her dignity in death.

gle tear fell from his eye. He traced the curve of her cheek before falling to the ground without a sound. Enoch stood up at the sight of Malcolm. Kathy and Lowe followed, then all three moved forward to meet him.

inish the rest of his sentence, leaving Lucia’s name hanging in space.

ll take her back to Spain. But if you stay with me, I’ll take you there. see you later, okay?” Malcolm crouched, lowering himself to meet the children’s eyes.

nough to tell them the truth.

n he turned to Malcolm and said, “Dad, Kathy and I are going to go home with you.” T

en for a long moment, his heart breaking once again at the sight of their pain. He took their hands, one o

eved that Lucia wasn’t really dead – that she had survived, just like years ago. He shook his head ag

oned her twins. She couldn’t have hidden from Malcolm, who had come into the operating room to see her. And on the dubious possibility that Tan

was no way they were all mercenaries. They couldn’t have kept such a big secret between them. There were too many eyes and lips.

hildren. Malcolm felt the same pain that Lucia had felt – only he had to endure it much longer.

y…” Hudson looked at Tandy expec

hing can happen.

ing Malcolm, but it would take more to hide it from him. Tandy looked at Hudson, then at the wall

andy said.

The plane will be ready to take off in an hour.” With that, Hudson left the room and began to make arrangements.

xtra precaution, they covered his face with a white cloth. They completed the formalities. Then Tandy took Lucia from the private hospital and carried her into Hudson’s car.

nd were taken directly to the private plane stop. Carefully, they carried Lucia onto the plane and dropped her off. There were already doctors inside waiting. Everything had been prepared.

tion by starting the PCA pump. Tandy walked over to Lucia’s bed.

up.

ndy said, her voice filled with regret and apology.

h price to pay.

past. For a moment, Tandy seemed to have glimpsed the old Lucia, the one who had drawn Lowell in the first place. Traces of sadness appeared in his eyes, appearing and disappeari

hind.