He Ran to Save Her from Being Erased, Not Knowing He Erased Himself from Me Chapter 04

He Ran to Save Her from Being Erased, Not Knowing He Erased Himself from Me Chapter 04

The next day was sunny and beautiful. I was in a great mood, scrolling through my phone and eating pastries.

Mr. Hartley was outside the door on a call, yelling so loudly everyone could hear. “You little brat. Elara is in the hospital, and you can’t even come see her? I swear I’ll deal with you.”

“You can’t get away? I don’t care if you’re dying. Crawl over here if you have to. Hello? Hello?”

He hung up. The line had already gone dead.

Mr. Hartley tried again. The phone was off.

My mom shook her head from the bedside. “Mr. and Mrs. Hartley have been calling since yesterday. Dozens of times. Nolan finally answered just once today.”

She was furious, completely disappointed in Nolan.

I shrugged and kept scrolling through my phone, eating my pastry.

In the afternoon, Hailey came.

She was Mr. Hartley’s daughter and my childhood friend. We were close.

She checked on me right away and relaxed when she saw I looked fine.

“Elara, don’t worry. I already tore into my brother for you. He’s such an idiot. I’m so pissed.” Hailey actually cursed.

She was always blunt, but she didn’t usually swear in front of adults. She must have been really upset.

Mr. Hartley asked what happened.

Hailey took a drink of water before saying, “It’s that Sierra Vance again. She’s always had a thing for my brother, right? She once stood outside our house for a whole day and night in the rain.”

“Anyway, she has cancer. She’s not going to live much longer. She wants my brother to be with her until the end. And he agreed.”

“He moved her into a beachfront mansion so she can see the ocean every day.”

Hailey got more worked up as she talked and slammed her hand on the table. “I went to that mansion and saw him pushing her on a swing. She looked so happy. It made me sick.”

Hailey had clearly found out everything. She had gone to confront Nolan in person.

My parents were livid. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley were just as upset.

Mr. Hartley gritted his teeth. “Nolan, you’re finished.”

Then he quickly apologized to my parents and tried to comfort me. “Elara, I’ll go drag him back myself and make him apologize properly.”

Mrs. Hartley agreed, telling him to go right away.

I just blinked and kept eating my pastry, completely lost.

Hailey looked at me, confused. “Elara… are you okay?”