After Natalie and Nathan left, I could finally get some rest. However, sadness lingered around me because I had realized that none of my relatives visited; none of them cared about me.
Fortunately, I still had my good friend—Sabrina. During the second day of my stay in the hospital, the woman came to visit me when I exited Christopher’s ward. She pulled my hands and glanced at me from head to toe for a while, checking me all over. With relief and guilt, she said, “It was my fault to organize the cruise tour. The accident wouldn’t happen in the first place if I didn’t suggest Christopher bring you along to the cruise ship.”
I patted her hand and let out a faint smile before saying, “It’s alright. Look, we’re alive and well.”
Sabrina wiped away her tears and said sobbingly, “Look at what happened to you. I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life if you and Christopher died on the deserted island.”
“Don’t worry. I think I still look as beautiful as ever.” I cradled my chin and pretended to be serious as I continued, “Don’t you think I’m a lot more gorgeous than most women lately?”
“What a narcissist!” Sabrina pursed her lips and chuckled at my joke. “You’re never going to be more beautiful than me. Zach said I’m the most beautiful woman in the world, particularly when I’m naked.”
“Whoa!” I replied while curling my lips into a mocking smile, “Does it feel good to stop being a virgin? Anyway, I guess Zachary has never seen any naked women before. Since he has no one else to compare with, he can only think you’re the most beautiful woman.”
“Not at all! He actually said I’m hotter and more beautiful than any famous beauty queen.” Sabrina poked my forehead and handed over a slice of an apple to me. “Eat your apple already. Zach is loyal to me. Anyway, you might be hotter than me, but one can hardly tell the difference once the lights are turned off.”
I begged to differ—men could always tell the difference.
Suddenly, I recalled a crazy moment I had experienced when I was with Christopher. He purposely took out something that he bought from a sex shop and asked me to wear it. Since I had fair skin, he thought I would look sexy with the two flowers on my tits.
Deep in thought, I blushed and coughed slightly to avoid the embarrassment of thinking such things. I moved to get a slice of the apple, but I accidentally touched the knife instead. Shocked, Sabrina threw the knife to the floor and checked my wound. “My goodness! Why are you so careless? Didn’t you see the knife just now?”
“I didn’t cut myself!” I showed my hands to Sabrina to prove it. Later, I touched my bed to find the slice of apple but to no avail. As I thought it was under my blanket somewhere, I said, “Get the slice of apple for me. I don’t want to sleep on it later.”
“Eve, what happened to your eyes?” Sabrina asked shockingly.
At that moment, I realized that I had forgotten to tell her about it. As such, I explained composedly, “Well, I lost my vision temporarily due to excessive bleeding. I’ll recover a few days later, haha.”
She stared at me without uttering a word. After a while, she rushed out of the ward and didn’t stop even though I called her name. The door was closed, but I could hear that she sobbed from time to time. I couldn’t help but put on a wry smile.
Later, when I felt like visiting Christopher, I wheeled my wheelchair toward his ward. I got familiar with it and could feel the surroundings with the senses of hearing and touch. The nurses told me that he had woken up for a while in the morning but became unconscious again.
Since it was a sign that he was recovering, all of us felt overjoyed. Before going into his ward, I stretched and moved my legs to ensure that nothing was in front of me. Then, I stood beside his bed and fixated my gaze on where he was lying.
“Ms. Tanner, since you’ve just woken up for two days, you should get more rest. If you need anything, feel free to instruct the bodyguards in the corridor. They will prepare anything you need.”
I was shocked to know that someone was in the ward. A few seconds later, I recalled that she was Christopher’s mother, Julia.
