Chapter 321 - He was dying

The correct chapter sequence is--

319 And you are the reason why God created middle finger.

320- Slowly but surely

321- He was dying

322- Ma Roma

323- Murderer

324- They just love kissing me, just like you.

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The night found Suyin sitting on the bed, her one hand lulling Honey to sleep and the other playing with the lamp switch. On-off. On-off. Wang Shi sighed, understanding what's keeping her awake. She's waiting for James. But not like he could say a word. He should not. It's the matter between two friends, let them be. Wish they solve it sooner for their peace of mind.

A shadow at the door caught his attention as James gingerly opened the door and peered inside, catching Suyin's immediate attention. 

James hesitated, his one hand on the door before he walked with quiet steps and stood facing her. He was wearing loose fitted shorts and a V-neck t-shirt with holes around the collar, hair messy, several days worth of scruff, and shoelaces dragging on the floor at every step. 

They stared at each other for a long before Suyin opened her arms wide and James sprinted towards her so hard that the bed shook. 

He sniffed, head ducked to the crook of her neck and Suyin rubbed his back. "Stupid, with whom were you hiding? Your Susu?"

He hugged her tighter. "I'm sorry. I didn't wanted to add to your worries."

She forced his face up and gave a light slap, to which Jamie brought his other cheek forward. She shoved him away, upset.

Jamie looked between sleeping Honey and Wang Shi and then picked Suyin in his arms to the wheelchair, taking her out of the room.

Behind them Wang Shi propped his head to check, a knowing smile curling his lips. Now that's what these two besties needed most. He pulled the blanket and returned to sleep. Surely, tonight, he and Honey would have to sleep without her.

They went to the terrace and Suyin insisted to ditch the wheelchair and sit with him on the floor, legs dangling from the space between the iron railings. She inhaled the fresh air. "No matter whoever comes to my life, we are not changing, Jamie. Even when we'll be in the nineties, walking with sticks, I'll be the same Susu and you, my Jamie."

"I know." James faced her. "Trust me, that's not the reason I was running from you. I just...." he sighs and grabbed her hand. He was too serious. "Evan and I- we are no more together."

Suyin felt the blood drain from her face. She had expected some problems between them, but breakup was definitely not on her list. "Are you kidding me?"

"I wish." He pulled his hand away from her, and moved his gaze at the never ending streak of lights ahead of him, "I did everything in my power to save this relationship, but he doesn't want it anymore. I thought once this ends, we'll talk and sort things between us, but.... fu*k.... Nothing."

"Damn, I had warned that bastard, yet he dares. I'm going to drag him back to the underworld cell and get his pen*s chopped."

James looked up. "What's with you and pen*s? Why do you target that particular organ--"

"Shut up," she bit out. "I'm serious. How can he ask for a breakup? What did he say?"

"That's the problem. He said nothing." His eyes stung. "Forget about saying a word, he didn't even bother to pay a look when we met again after months. Thinking he was feeling guilty, I went to talk but all he did was to avoid me and turn away."

"How can that be? Evan joined hands with us and led us to Alpha's base when I told him that you were kidnapped." she reasoned. "Just think, why would he risk his life if it's not his love for you?"

"Then why is he not talking? Fine, I know he's vocally impaired and can't speak, but there are other ways too. But no! Instead of taking out a minute for me, he's busy with that man."

That caught her attention. "What man?"

"The one in the ICU, from Revon's army," he replied dismissively. "He is guarding him day and night, without moving an inch outside his room." James rolled the hem on T-shirt and then unrolling it, repeating the procedure absentmindedly. "I know he's from El Sandrios. That man must be his old lover or something that's why I'm no more wanted."

She straightened. Something's a miss. She shook his shoulder and made him look at her, "How do you know Evan is from El Sandrios? Why did you and Zeng went to France? What is it that I don't know? Tell me everything."

He blinked a tear from his reddened eyes, "Evan's real name is Lucian..... His mother Romana was the daughter of the Ricci family who fell in love with someone her family doesn't approve of....." slowly James narrated everything, "..... in the fire it was Romana's friend and son that got burned while she managed to escape to El Sandrios safely... Evan killed the entire Ricci family to avenge his father's death...."

Suyin's brain ran at a lightning speed, putting together the jumbled pieces. The word Lucian echoing. 'Romana- Ma Roma, Lucian- Evan- Luo's lost brother....'

"What is the name of the man in ICU?" Her heartbeat raced.

"L-Luo?"

Her shoulders sagged. The next moment she pushed herself up from the floor, grunting at the pain traveled to her spine. 

"What are you doing?"

"Take me there."

"Where?"

"ICU!"

"But..."

"JUST DO IT!"

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Evan was sitting on the floor outside ICU, in and out of sleep, head swaying. James's lips pursed into a thin line, but Suyin pointed at the door, unmoving. 

"You have no right to stop me. I know it's Luo inside." Suyin eyed Evan.

Evan folded his hands and mouthed, 'Sleeping. Please.'

A thin silence fell between them and for the first time she saw an emotion on Evan's face for someone else other than James. "Let me see him once. Promise I won't disturb his sleep." Evan moved aside and opened the door for her. 

A gasp escaping Suyin's mouth. She couldn't hold back the tear that slides down her cheek. 

It was not the bandages on Luo's body that pulled the earth beneath her wheels, but the scary numbers on the monitor and the number of machines hooked to his body.

He was dying.

"What have you done to him?" unstoppable tears rolled down, confusing James as he looked between Evan and Suyin.

Evan closed the door, kneeled down at Suyin's feet. His hands folded, tears came as if acc.u.mulated pain flowing through guilt, eroding him. He pointed at the closed door and then to him, made a gun with hand and then pointed at his heart and then at the closed door... 

his head dropping low in shame.

"H-he took the bullet in heart to save you." Evan sobbed, but no sound came from his lips at her sharply accusing voice. He understood, she knows. "Bastard! You were never kidnapped, didn't you?"

Evan's eyes pinched. He shook his head.

*SL.A.P