I did not reply.

That night, before I boarded the plane, Richard called.

I did not answer. I blocked all of his contacts and threw my SIM card away.

From this moment on, I would have nothing to do with Richard.

…

The next day, Richard was still staring lovingly at Lily in the ward.

“Thank goodness you’re okay. If anything happened to you, I would die.”

Lily lowered her head and cried. Then, she wiped her tears away and looked up. “I almost thought that I wouldn’t be able to see you again, too.”

Then, in a sad voice, she said, “I just wonder… how is Anna?”

He suppressed the panic in his heart and tried his best to compose himself. “Ignore her. She must have been sent to another hospital. I’ll have someone ask around later.”

Be that as it may, Richard had a bad feeling about all this.

When Lily asked about Anna, that uneasiness grew even more prominent. He picked up his phone and sent Anna a text.

In the next second, he saw a red exclamation mark appear in front of the message he sent.

An unprecedented wave of panic rushed into his heart.

He mumbled Anna’s name instinctively. That made Lily gnash her teeth in jealousy. “Richard, are you still worried about Anna?”

Her voice was filled with dissatisfaction and sadness. “Did she block you? If she has the time to block you, that means she’s okay. You don’t have to worry about her.

“She’s a woman, and I know how women act. This is just her playing hard to get…”

She was right, but Richard still felt uneasy.

Anna had never done such a thing over the years. This was a first.

She must still be angry over what happened yesterday.

At that moment, Richard regretted his decision of leaving Anna behind. She must be disappointed.

He kept thinking about the issue, so he called Tyson.

“Buy some limited-edition jewelry and send it to my place. Buy a cake from the bakery in the eastern part of the city. Anna loves that. Send it over to my place, too.”

Anna was a good-tempered person. If he did that, she would definitely forgive him.

After he hung up, Richard walked back into the ward.

Lily was playing with Ruby.

When she saw him come in, Ruby ran over and hugged his leg. “Daddy, Mommy said you’ll take us to a theme park after she gets discharged. Is that true?”

This was not the first time Ruby had called him her father. He was fine with it last time, but this time, he felt annoyed for some reason, and he yelled at her, “Don’t call me that! I’m not your father!”

Shocked, Ruby teared up.

Lily was shocked too. She quickly hugged Ruby and said in a trembling voice, “What are you doing, Richard? Ruby only called you that because she likes you…”

But the anxiety in Richard’s heart just kept growing stronger, and he knew that he would only feel at ease after he saw Anna.

He did not want to listen to what Lily wanted to say. He just wanted to go home.

He grabbed his coat and wanted to leave.

Just then, Tyson came in.

The sight of him made Richard’s heart leap to his throat, and his apprehension grew stronger.

“What’s wrong? Didn’t I ask you to buy stuff? You didn’t find them?” Richard asked.

Tyson was silent for a moment before he said in a trembling voice, “Mr. Lorde, the car that your wife was in exploded on the viaduct.

“She was still inside when it happened…”