Chapter 6

Ethan Blake got into a car accident when he was taking Noah Hayes out of the hospital.

Maybe it was karma.

The car accident was very serious, but Ethan Blake’s injuries were not as severe as Noah Hayes’s.

The light outside Noah Hayes’s operating room stayed on for a very, very long time.

Ethan Blake arranged the best medical resources for him and hired the best caregivers.

I sat in my wheelchair off to the side and watched, watching him run back and forth and wait anxiously.

“Simon, don’t misunderstand.” He took a deep breath. “If Noah hadn’t protected me at the critical moment, I might have died on the spot. Noah is my lifesaver, so stop nitpicking with him.”

How great a debt of saving someone’s life was—how could I not know?

No one knew it more clearly than I did.

I also knew how crushing it was, and how heavy.

I did not argue, and I did not speak as I watched Ethan Blake love another person.

It seemed like I wanted to find even half a trace of how he used to be, but there was actually none.

He was thirty now, mature now, and he loved someone in a steadier and more reliable way.

Not with lies, not with promises, and not with agreements.

There was none of that weightless stuff between them.

Everything was understood without words, and after Noah Hayes woke up, he was still holding Ethan’s hand and crying quietly.

What a great love.

I sneered and found myself pathetic, wanting to be a bystander and a spectator, yet still being dragged into the whirlpool.

Ethan Blake insisted on showing me just how much he loved Noah Hayes.

He found me and sat across from me in silence.

So much time passed that I had already started to grow impatient.

“You came to find me, so what exactly are you trying to say?” My smile looked awful. “Do you think I’m not ridiculous enough, and you want to tell me how you two fell in love during the car accident?”

As long as you nod, we can break up anytime and let your Noah have a proper title.”

Ethan Blake frowned, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes. “Simon Reed!”

My smile suddenly froze, and even my hand trembled.

Other than the time he said he would propose to me under the aurora, this was the first time he had called me by my full name.

Ethan Blake took a deep breath and spoke to me in a tone that left no room for discussion.

“Donate a kidney to Noah.”