#Chapter 58 - Let Me Take Care Of You

Adrian Stella soundly sleeps in the hospital bed. Her dark hair acts like a halo around her head, the locks a dark contrast against the white pillow that sits beneath her head. I sigh and fix her hair, making sure that it is nice and neat to the side other face instead of getting tangled and messy from its current state. Her cheeks sink into her face, appearing as a look of malnourishment and sickness. Her body is skinnier now too, having lost much of the small amount of fat that clung to her bones. My heart twists inside my chest. I’m unable to look away from the sight knowing that I am the reason her life looks like this now. It is because of me and my selfish reasons that Stella is forced to be weak for the rest of her life. I should never have made her undergo so many surgeries to try and save Clara. It is a regret that I will be forced to live with for the rest of my life. My mother was right. I should have immediately begged for Stella’s forgiveness from the first momen