happened! Damon and Giselle were in a car accident!”
Chapter 6.
The group rushed to the hospital and found Dannon waiting outside the operating room. He was covered in blood. Sweat glistened on his forehead, and his eyes filled with panic and helplessness.
It was the first time Clara had ever seen him look this shaken. His close friends crowded around him, pressing him for what had happened.
Damon yanked at his hair. His voice was heavy with regret and pain. “It’s my fault. I never should’ve said those things and made Gigi mad. I shouldn’t have let her leave by herself. She was speeding just to get back at me. That’s why she crashed…”
Hearing him take all the blame, Clara’s lashes fluttered,
If he’d said those words just to get under her skin, then what was the real story? Had he really been waiting for her to return, hoping they could patch things up?
Maybe, Clara thought. And with that, she decided not to think about it anymore.
Just then, a nurse walked out, looking especially serious. “The patient is losing a lot of blood, but the blood bank is running low. Is anyone here type 0? We need an urgent donation.”
Damon’s friends exchanged looks. They were all type AB, so none of them spoke up
Damon was the only one with type 0. Without a second thought, he shrugged off his jacket, changed into sterile scrubs, and followed the nurse into the operating room
Time dragged on, minute by r minute. Half an hour he had given?
nurse returned while helping Damon, who looked ghostly pale. Who knew how much blood
He was barely staying on his feet. Dizzy and weak, he collapsed straight into Clara’s arms,
Instead of leaving, the nurse said, “The patient’s condition is slowly improving, but we still need another 400 ml of 0–type blood. Do any of you have other friends with rype O you can call?”
They had already reached out to everyone they could think of but still hadn’t found anyone with O–type blood. Everyone went silent.
Restless and on edge, Damon forced himself to stand. “Only 400 ml more? I’ll do it.”
The purse stared at him in shock. “You’ve already given 600 ml. Are you seriously going to continue donating?
His friends‘ expressions shifted, and they rushed to stop him.
“Damon, don’t. I’ll have my assistant check at the office. There’s got to be someone who can help.”
But Damon shook his head. His voice was firm. “Gigi doesn’t have time to wait.”
With that, he rolled up his sleeve, revealing the fresh bruise where the needle had been.
Seeing him push himself this hard, Clara couldn’t stay quiet any longer. “The doctors are doing everything they can. We can request blood from other hospitals. You don’t have to do this.”
room. Everyone watched him go. His steps were firm.
Damon paused for a second but didn’t say anything. He turned and walked back into the operating ro No one said a word.
His friends let out a heavy sigh, caught between frustration and helplessness.
“Anything involving Giselle makes Damon lose his mind! Remember when he got into that fight over her, messed up his leg, and ended up in the hospital for three months? The second he got out, he went straight after the guy who started it!”
“Exactly. Back in high school, be even made a bet and went skydiving from 16,000 fest just to win her that necklace she liked. Midway down, his equipment failed and he nearly died. And now, he is putting his life on the line for her again.
“I used to think he still had feelings for Gigi, so I tried to help them work things out. But this. this is just a disaster!”
They were so caught up in their conversation that they forgot Clara was standing there.
Hearing those stories for the first time, something finally clicked for her. Only now did she realize how foolish she’d been that day when she shot to ber feet during the wedding.
Clara had always believed that even if she came into Damon’s life late, she could still catch up and win his heart. But
But that was nothing more than wishful thinking
Damon had never loved her to begin with, he wasn’t going to start now. She’d bet on the wrong person from the start. And now, standing in the ruins of it all, she had no choice but to accept it.
No one knew how much time had passed before the red light of the operating groom finally shut off. The doctor came out, pushing two stretches
Everyone tensed and rushed forward.
Wiping sweat from his brow, the doctor glanced at Damon, who was still unconscious, and sighed. “So, they’re a couple, huh? You don’t see any guys this devoted anymore.”
Clara hung back in the crowd while staring at the glaring lights overhead. A helpless laugh escaped her.
