"Stephen, your hand is seriously hurt. Go get it treated now!" Sophia's face had gone completely pale.
Stephen had been at the hospital for over an hour. Blood was still oozing from the wound on his hand, but he hadn't done a thing about it.
"It's just a small cut. I'm fine," he said in a hoarse voice.
"How can you be fine? You're bleeding so much!" Sophia anxiously rushed down the hallway. "Is there a nurse here?"
A few moments later, she returned with a nurse in tow.
She turned to the nurse. "Please take him to get his wound treated."
Stephen just stood there, blankly staring at the glowing red letters above the ER doors. He didn't move an inch.
Sophia wiped away her tears and gave him a gentle push. "Go get it bandaged. Do you want Tess to see you like this when she wakes up?"
That seemed to get through to him.
He gave a slight nod, then slowly began to walk, following the nurse.
Naomi watched his figure as he left and let out a long sigh.
What a pair of tragic lovers they were.
Once Stephen was gone, Sophia suddenly yanked Caleb by the arm and dragged him toward the exit. "Come with me!"
She was furious. Her lips were pressed into a hard line, and her eyes were filled with anger as she pulled him outside the hospital.
The doctors and nurses who brushed past them cast curious glances their way.
"What the hell are you doing? Let me go!" Once they were outside, Caleb forcefully shook her off.
A sharp, loud slap echoed in the air.
Sophia had slapped him across the face.
"Are you insane?" Caleb snapped with a gloomy face. "James has already been arrested, and Stephen's still alive. Why the hell are you talking about divorce now?"
"Because deep down, you're cold and heartless."
She didn't sound as hysterical as before. Her voice had calmed, but it was even more cutting. "You're the one who caused all of this, yet you've completely washed your hands of it. Your past mistakes nearly cost Stephen his life.
"The Yates family was almost destroyed. And now you're here blaming me for threatening suicide and your parents for not letting James into the family. Caleb, do you even have a soul?"
Caleb's face was clouded, and his eyes were stormy. He said nothing in response.
Sophia looked at him, her gaze cold and empty. She said softly, "Caleb, the person James should've gone after... was you."
With that, she turned and walked away without looking back.
"I..." Caleb tried to say something, but suddenly he coughed up a mouthful of blood. His vision blurred, then everything went black as he collapsed to the ground.
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