Chapter 5

"Adam still hasn't answered the phone?"

In the hospital room, Ethan looked at Lily with a pale face. A moment later, he asked sadly, "Lily, after five years of marriage, did you really never have any feelings for him?"

"Is his disappearance just you lying to me? You actually... don't want to marry me at all."

"You never forgave me for leaving you back then!"

By the end, Ethan was crying heartbrokenly.

After these days, my emotions had strangely stabilized. I was now leaning against the window, quietly watching them.

I guessed Lily would embrace him tenderly and comfort him.

Sure enough, a moment later, she frowned and stood up, pulling the agitated Ethan into her arms.

See? I guessed right.

"Adam already agreed to divorce me. I don't know why he suddenly lost contact."

She said, gently patting Ethan's back to comfort him, then softly continued, "But don't worry, I will divorce him."

"And I will marry you."

Just then, the sound of hurried footsteps approached.

Two uniformed police officers burst into the room.

Lily looked at them in confusion. "Officers, is something wrong?"

Before the police could answer, the door was flung open again.

Andy stood there, panting heavily. He looked up at Lily with trembling eyes:

"Dr. Lu... Mr. Chen is dead..."

[CUT-OFF POINT]

Hearing this, Lily froze, looking at Andy in confusion. "Who did you say is dead?"

"Mrs. Chen, we came today to inform you of this matter." The police officer naturally took over, sighing as he pulled up a video on his phone and handed it to Lily:

"A week ago in the morning, your husband Adam Chen was driving when he collided with a large bus."

"The scene was horrific. Your husband died instantly."

"To better determine responsibility, we sent the body to your hospital, but no one ever claimed it..."

The video was playing on the phone, and I clearly saw Lily's face turning deathly pale.

This was the first time I had ever seen such an expression on her face.

The room suddenly became deathly silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Until Andy slowly walked up to the stunned Lily and gripped her shoulders:

"Dr. Lu, the body you personally cut open that day was Mr. Chen."

"He was found to have cancer after death... his body is still in the morgue..."

With a thud, the phone fell to the floor.

Lily's pupils constricted as she stared at Andy in disbelief. "You're saying... that person was Adam?"

This time it was Andy who fell silent, his eyes red and expression complex.

I imagine his feelings must be very complicated, after all, he and Ethan had taken my heart without anyone's consent.

I used to treat Andy quite well too.

Without waiting for anyone's response, Lily suddenly bolted out of the room like a madwoman. Andy snapped out of it and quickly followed.

Only a bewildered Ethan was left behind.

The elevator was stuck on the top floor and wouldn't come down, so Lily chose to run down the stairs from the 16th floor. She ran so fast she even missed a step and tumbled down the stairs.

"Dr. Lu!!!"

Andy hurried forward to help Lily up, but she shoved him away.

Lily's forehead was bleeding from the fall, but she quickly got up and sprinted towards the morgue on the second basement level.