Chapter 21

“Flora, I need to find Flora!” he shouted, trying to get out of bed. His friends hurriedly held him down. “Carlton, what are you doing? You and Flora have broken up!” “That's right, and you agreed to go ahead with the wedding to Calista. Isn't that what you've always wanted?” “Don't be impulsive, Carlton. You can't leave the hospital yet!” Those words of restraint were nothing but noise in his ears. All he could think of now was Flora. Only Flora truly loved him, and he had already fallen in love with her long ago. Why hadn’t he realized it before? When she cooked for him, when she instinctively protected him, when she desperately saved him, when she cared for him… He had seen all of it, so why hadn’t he noticed that his heart had already begun to beat for her? Flora’s figure kept replaying in his mind, past memories like scenes from a movie, finally stopping on the day he left in a hurry. “No matter what, I hope you can be happy. Just like that afternoon, because of your appearance,