My Husband Will Regret This - Chapter 112
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 112
Chloe slowly opened her eyes.
As soon as she did, she was taken aback because the usual pain was completely gone. The intermittent cough had disappeared, and the throbbing pain was gone as well.
It seemed like she was in perfect condition. She unconsciously placed her hand on her chest. The first thing she noticed was the soft sensation. Yet, somehow, she could also feel a strange sensation accompanying it.
Thump, thump.
So, this was what an artificial heart felt like. If she could feel such vivid sensations, there was no doubt that the surgery had been a success!
Chloe thought that Eric, who created such a heart, was amazing. At the same time, she considered the surgeon who performed the transplant to be incredibly skilled. So, she hurriedly looked around to greet them.
However…
“…Darling?”
Right next to her, Eric was lying on the bed.
Was he resting due to the long surgery and feeling weak? That didn’t seem to be the case. His lifeless face, his face looking as if he were dead, made her feel like he wasn’t just resting.
“Eric?”
Her heart started beating rapidly. More precisely, the machine she was wearing moved quickly.
As she placed her hand on his nose, fortunately, Eric was breathing. Still… he didn’t seem to be in good shape. His face was pale, his hands were weakly hanging down and he had feeble exhalation.
Feeling her heart drop, she grabbed his hand and shook him to wake him up. Yet Eric did not stir…
She couldn’t understand how the current situation had come to be. Why had he lost consciousness and collapsed?
Why?
Why?
It was the moment when Chloe’s face was filled with astonishment.
“Madam!”
Daniel’s voice came.
As she turned her head, she saw Daniel rushing in. As soon as he saw her, he sighed in admiration and relief.
“You’re awake! It’s truly fortunate. I was so worried about what would happen if you didn’t wake up, Madam! Really, what a relief. Yes, what a relief.”
Listening to his words, she thought she had been lying down for quite a while. And during the time she had lost consciousness, it seemed that Eric had also been lying down in a similar manner. Why, why? Chloe couldn’t comprehend it at all.
“Why is… my husband like this?”
“….”
Daniel hesitated for a moment. He pondered how to explain this situation and what words to use to lessen Chloe’s shock. However, whatever he said, it seemed that she would be sufficiently hurt.
Therefore, Daniel decided to tell her only the bare facts.
“His Excellency donated blood to you, Madam.”
The most significant issue in transplanting the mechanical heart was the blood, and that very blood was the reason Eric had collapsed.
“His Excellency lost too much blood for you.”
He had donated more than a lethal amount of blood to Chloe. That was why Eric himself had experienced several moments when his breath momentarily stopped and returned due to the dangerous situation.
Daniel let out a long sigh. Sensing despair in his sigh, Chloe probed hesitantly.
“What does the doctor say? Can he wake up? Is it possible for him to wake up?”
“Well, that…”
Daniel wiped his face with the palm of his hand.
“I don’t know.”
He spoke cautiously.
“It’s considered a miracle that he’s still alive even now.”
“Aahh!”
“Madam!”
Chloe slumped down as she was.
“This can’t be. How, how…?”
She breathed heavily as if she might collapse at any moment. Eric’s hand, lying limp, was devoid of warmth. It had been warm just before going into surgery…
Why, why?
Chloe felt like she might burst into tears at any moment.
Was that why he had said those words? Did Eric foresee all of this and say those things?
Chloe opened her mouth as she sobbed.
“But, Madam. His Excellency will surely recover. Yes, of course. So now is the time to worry more about your body.”
Daniel supported her.
“His Excellency also asked you to live.”
He recalled the last words Eric had left behind. Even if something were to happen to him, he asked her to live, to survive somehow, so he asked Daniel to take good care of her… Eric left such an unexpected testament.
Chloe stared blankly at Daniel.
“Please, stay alive.”
She echoed Eric’s words and let out a hollow laugh.
“Ha, haha…”
How could she possibly go on living?
As a wife who had taken her husband’s life, how could she go on living? She felt the horror of her life being connected to someone’s death. Moreover, the fact that this death was paid by the one she loved most, and who loved her the most, made it even more dreadful.
She had never wanted to live so desperately, and therefore, she couldn’t live. She didn’t want to live.
But…
Eric’s final words came to mind. What he most desired was to see Chloe living a normal life. A peaceful life. To discard that would be nothing short of completely disregarding the value of his life.
Chloe clenched her teeth.
“Yes.”
She spoke, clenching her fists tightly.
“I have to live.”
“Madam.”
“Wouldn’t it be a waste of the life Eric gave to carry on in despair?”
Chloe swallowed dryly.
Let’s live.
… Let’s live somehow.
As she made this resolution, this determination was part of her significant transformation.
In other words, the positive changes Eric had brought about.
She was amazed at how much she had changed, and all of this was thanks to Eric… that was why she had to overcome her current suffering.
“I believe Eric will surely wake up…”
Yes.
She believed it.
That Eric would open his eyes again…
That he would whisper love to her just like before…
“I will keep on living.”
Therefore, she had to keep on living. Somehow, she had to continue this miserable life. Chloe made up her mind, and Daniel, who was by her side, let out a quiet sigh as he gazed at Eric’s closed eyes.
So, she endured for several months.
“Is the hall cleaning done?”
As she asked Andrea, Andrea answered affirmatively and added that she would clean the parlor next. Chloe nodded approvingly and motioned for her to proceed.
It had already been three months since she had recovered. During this time, she visibly regained her color and maintained a level of health similar to other people. It was truly a miraculous event, as everyone said.
However, there was an unsettling fact that dampened her joy: the fact that Marquis Eric still hadn’t woken up.
The story of Eric sacrificing himself to save Chloe was already known to everyone. Furthermore, some people even went so far as to suggest that he had given his heart to her and was now sleeping without a heart.
Daniel had repeatedly corrected them, but people found it difficult to accept the concept of a mechanical heart.
Nevertheless, disregarding the gossiping people, Chloe skillfully managed the mansion. Since her recovery, the mansion had regained its vitality, and she herself had brightened up to the point where guests often visited.
Some people pointed fingers, calling her a wife who had devoured her husband, though she paid no attention to such remarks. In truth, it couldn’t be completely denied, and she just had to accept it. Still, in the past, every word would have hurt her deeply.
Now, she didn’t feel any pain.
This was the transformed Chloe that Eric had brought about, and she wanted to maintain this changed version of herself. Therefore, she continued to work hard and put in more effort.
Today, too, Chloe was busy attending to the guests. However, in the back of her mind, she continued to think about Eric, hoping that perhaps today would be the day he woke up.
He hadn’t moved for the past three months.
Yet she never doubted that he would come back. If he were meant to die, he would have passed away long before three months had passed… So he would definitely live. Chloe thought of brainwashing herself with this.
“I’ll go check on my husband for a moment.”
Unable to abandon hope, she eventually left Andrea behind and returned to the room. This room was on the third floor. Chloe had been moved to a higher floor now that she no longer wished to jump.
Soon, she cautiously opened the door and saw Eric lying on the bed behind the canopy.
“….”
As always, even today…
As she approached Eric’s side, she carefully sat down beside him.
“Darling.”
She clasped his limp, lifeless hand. It was still cold to the touch. She hoped for some warmth to return to his hand, and she gently caressed it.
“You…”
Chloe spoke, knowing that these words would never reach Eric, that he would never hear them.
“When will you wake up and tell me you love me again?”
She missed Eric so much. She wanted to see him, the living version of him. She wanted to feel him whispering love to her again.
“I am so alive…. Don’t you want to see me?”
It must have been Eric who missed her lively presence more than anyone else. Therefore, Chloe felt melancholic. She wanted to show him this proud version of herself, but why wouldn’t he open his eyes…
Chloe curled her body against Eric’s fingertips and placed her forehead on him.
“Darling.”
And once again, she uttered words that wouldn’t reach him, more sincerely than ever before.
“I love you.”
As she said the word ‘love,’ she felt her heart swell.
Ah, this must be what love was. She realized it, and she wanted Eric to know this realization as well. She believed that if he woke up, he would greatly appreciate her changed self and cherish her.
To achieve that, she had to overcome the current hardships and difficulties. Chloe struggled to suppress her somewhat melancholic heart and, after calming her reddened eyes, gently released Eric’s hand.
“I’ll come back.”
Chloe barely managed to walk away with steady steps.
At that moment, Eric’s fingertip twitched. His hand began to warm up.
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