He Proposed to Her on a Mountain, I Got a Cancer Diagnosis in a Hospital Chapter 07

He Proposed to Her on a Mountain, I Got a Cancer Diagnosis in a Hospital Chapter 07

“Sorry. I didn’t mean to.” 

The voice was a little hoarse. 

But the familiar sound of it still sent goosebumps 

racing over my skin. 

“It’s fine.” 

I tried to step around him and walk faster. 

Nathan suddenly grabbed my arm, reached up, and 

pulled off my mask. 

The next second, he crushed me against his chest. 

“It really is you…” 

“Thank God. Grace, you’re alive. You’re alive.” 

The heat of his body burned against my skin. 

I struggled and shoved at him. “You’ve got the wrong 

person.” 

Nathan’s breath caught. Then he bent down and kissed 

me. 

“No. No, I don’t.” 

“You’re my Grace.” 

Hot tears tell against my collarbone. He was holding me so tightly I could barely breathe. 

“Let go.” 

He loosened his grip at once, his eyes bloodshot. 

In the past two months, he seemed to have aged years. 

“My Grace… you’ve gotten so thin.” 

“I know you resent me. I know you hate me. Hit me, 

curse at me, do whatever you want.” 

“Just don’t leave me again.” 

I lowered my eyes. 

I looked at his slightly hunched body. 

But by then, I was already like a pool of stagnant water, 

still and dead inside. 

I should have been grateful he came too late. 

After I woke up from the car accident, I had begged the doctor for a long time, crying the whole time. 

In the end, that was the only reason I was able to fake my death and get away. 

Too bad it would all be over soon anyway. 

He stubbornly lifted me into his arms. 

“Come home. Let’s go.” 

I wanted to struggle. I wanted to scream at him. 

But my whole body hurt like needles were stabbing 

through it. 

I did not even have the strength to lift my hand. 

He carefully set me down on the edge of the bed. 

Holding my hand, his eyes filled with tears. 

“Honey, I think about you every single day.” 

“You’re in every dream I have.” 

“Thank God. Thank God you’re alive. I swear, from now 

on, I’ll treat you right.” 

I pulled my hand away and curled into myself. 

Quietly, I stared out the window. 

“Nathan, you said the exact same thing to me more 

than ten years ago.” 

The room fell instantly silent, except for the sound of his ragged sobbing. 

“I know. I wronged you.” 

“I know I was wrong. I really do. But while you were 

gone, I haven’t slept through a single night.” 

He dropped to his knees at my feet with a thud and wrapped his arms tightly around my waist. 

“Honey, I know Lila made you suffer. I’ve cut ties with her.” 

“I swear I’ll never let her bully you again.” 

I smiled and shook my head. 

“Nathan, there’s no need.” 

For countless days and nights, I had once longed to 

hear promises like that from him. 

Too bad all I had ever gotten was indifference. 

The wind blew. The sun set. 

And through all of it, I had always been alone. 

He sat on the floor like a deflated balloon. 

“It’s me. I’m the one who was never good enough for you.” 

After a long time, he slowly pushed himself to his feet. 

With trembling care, he opened his hand toward me. 

Lying in his palm was that ring. 

“I got it back.” 

“I wipe it clean every day.” 

“Look. It’s beautiful.” 

He carefully slid it onto my finger. 

But it hung loose. 

It was a full size too big. 

Tears still on his face, he suddenly smiled. 

“Grace, you really have gotten thinner.” 

“Believe me. I’ll take care of you and nurse you back to health, okay?” 

In the dim light, the diamond caught a faint glimmer. 

I took it off and closed it in my palm. 

Its sharp edges bit into my skin. 

It hurt. 

Clenching my fist, I used all my strength and hurled it 

out the window. 

Nathan shot to his feet. 

“Grace, what are you doing…” 

I rubbed my finger where the ring had been. 

“Nathan, I don’t want it anymore.”