Chapter 26

Raphael went to get water and cotton swabs immediately. He then carefully dabbed water onto Catherine's cracked lips. When Catherine was in this state, she possessed a certain tragic beauty. Just then, Raphael's phone rang. Not wanting the sound to disturb Catherine, he immediately stepped out of the hospital room to take the call. "How did it go?" Raphael asked the person on the other end. The voice on the other end responded promptly, "He confessed everything under pressure and said that it was all Fiona's idea." Raphael had initially thought that Fiona's anger toward him was merely because of the fake proposal, but he never imagined that she would harbor such deep resentment toward Catherine. If he had arrived even a little later, something terrible could have happened to Catherine—something he couldn't bear to think about. Fiona had gone too far by pushing Catherine into a deadly situation. Just then, Ezra rushed into the hospital from home. He was about to barge into the ro