Selena trembled as she heard their conversation.
' What should I do? Why did I not bring my phone with me? Is there a way for me to let Matteo know? If I wait, won't it be too late? What about calling a bodyguard? What if they became more agitated and took drastic measures?'
Selena bit her nails as she felt like she was about to die from anxiety.
After waiting for a minute and making certain there was no sound, she hesitantly stood up and peered through the door.
Upon seeing no one present, she walked out of the restroom.
'Keep walking as usual! Act normally!'
She recited in her head.
The first thing she noticed upon entering the restaurant was a waitress who slipped and spilled all the contents of her hands onto a man at a table.
Selena's heart throbbed. She didn't know where the power came from, but she ran toward her husband like the wind.
Although the distance between Selena and Matteo was only 100 meters, she thought the distance was increasing and the time was speeding up.
The act of Matteo reaching for his drink and getting closer to his mouth caused her blood to freeze in panic.
Even though she couldn't comprehend what was happening, she shouted stop and threw herself at Matteo to knock out the drink.
The last thing she saw was the shocked eyes of Matteo before she felt a burning pain in her stomach.
" Nooo…no, no… what? Selena!"
Matteo held her bloody body in his arms, feeling devastated.
His eyes turned bloodshed and cold, yelling at those useless bodyguards.
"Call an ambulance!"
Despite the man being shot dead by the bodyguards, it was too late to prevent the other one from harming Selena.
The waitress, in a desperate attempt, used the steak knife and stabbed Selena's spleen.
The amount of blood pouring out was so much that it dyed the floor red.
Selena noticed Matteo's expression and opened her mouth to speak, but her throat was stuck. Her body was in a state of shock and desperately trying to survive in a race against time. Yet, she loved this man too much.
Selena managed to touch Matteo's face as she raised her arm with difficulty.
" I did not regret…., because I love you…"
She spoke with all of her strength, worried about the burden and guilt her husband might feel in the future.
In Matteo's eyes, his lovely wife's face had turned white, scaring him out of his mind. Matteo felt as if his heart had been torn apart into countless pieces as he heard her raspy voice. Embracing her harder, he whispered repeatedly.
" I love you too… Selena… I love you."
But he never received a response from Selena again.
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On the other side of the world at the same time:
While covering her with a white sheet, the medical team declared the patient on the bed, dead. The monotone sound of heart rate indicated the patient's heart had stopped beating. The nurse unplugged the device.
" I am sorry, sir. We tried our best, but the patient consumed too much water. Even with CPR for 45 minutes, we were unable to minimise the damage that had affected the patient. In the drawing, all that matters is time. Regrettably, she arrived late to the emergency department."
A serious and exhausted voice was heard in the room.
"Okay. I know."
Someone in an impatient tone replied to the doctor.
The person stood at 190 cm tall, possessed pale skin, icy blonde hair, and blue eyes, and exhibited a cold demeanour.
He was wearing a casual blue suit that revealed his muscular body. Tampering constantly with his black necktie in irritation, the man's expression had turned ugly.
Shawn was sweating non-stop. However, showing his discomfort to others was not an option. He knew from the start that this woman was bad news. Even her death was torture for him. Coming to the hospital was just put up an appearance for his grandparents.
The buzz and ringing in his ears increased with each passing second, obscuring the doctor's explanation. Shawn's head nodded with helplessness in response to it.
" Sir, should I inform her relatives, or do you want to tell them yourself?"
His secretary chimed in the middle of the doctor's non-stop speech after seeing his boss's discomfort grow abnormally.
Shawn was appreciative of finding an excuse to leave the room.
" I do it myself."
He moved his exhausted body to escape from there, but a sudden exclamation ruined his plan.
Selena's head felt like it was about to explode from the constant noise. The ambulance's ringing, and Matteo's shouts were still audible to her. The weightiness she felt made her uncomfortable.
' Am I that cold not to feel my body?'
Despite her efforts to open her eyes, an unknown force prevented her from doing so. Selena was worried sick about her husband. She put all her effort into it and finally was able to move her eyelids. Her view was hindered by a white cloth.
' What is this?'
In a state of puzzlement, she pondered. She felt something had blocked her lungs, preventing her from breathing easily. The intense agony reminded her of the time when she almost drowned. Although she tried to take a deep breath, the smell of disinfectant from a blanket filled her nose and lungs instead of pure oxygen.
" Ahhh…" Feeling the discomfort, Selena coughed suddenly.
Her medical staff was shocked and screamed after hearing that small noise.
There was a disturbance in the room. Shawn stepped aside and looked at it with gloomy eyes.
A group of medical professionals rushed to the room and examined Selena.
She was speechless from their strange reaction to her opening her eyes and coughing.
'What is this? Their panicked faces look like they have seen a ghost! Aren't they professional?'
They started questioning her, but Selena was clueless as to why she couldn't speak. By nodding or shaking her head, she attempted to reply to them.
" This is a miracle!"
In disbelief, one of the nurses whispered.
She was the one who had checked her pulse multiple times after taking off the medical equipment.
She had no doubt that the young girl had died before.
Selena looked around to see if Matteo was present in the room. Suddenly, she caught the sight of an unfamiliar man.
' Who is he? Why is he looking at me like that?'