Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1779

Knowing that Steve was not only safe but had actually done a wonderful deed in punishing the wicked and rewarding the good, the heart that had been lodged in Sylvia's throat for days finally settled securely back in her chest.

Watching her relieved smile, Steve's gaze suddenly turned profoundly serious. "Sylvia, this time... did you do this because you were so worried about me? You were so terrified something would happen to me that you did not even care about your own life." He leaned in closer, his deep, mesmerizing peach-blossom eyes locking onto hers. "Have you actually been in love with me this whole time?"

Sylvia's face burned instantly, a faint rosy hue miraculously returning to her pale complexion. Flustered, she quickly turned her head away, unable to meet his intense gaze.

"No." She bit her lip, stubbornly offering a quiet, unconvincing denial.

"Yeah, right. Your feelings are written all over your face, yet you are still trying to play coy with me." He let out a soft huff, though his tone was brimming with unconcealed delight. "You really are a woman who says one thing and means another."

However, he did not press her any further to admit it. His gaze drifted downward, landing on her right wrist wrapped heavily in white gauze. "Does your wrist still hurt?" The amusement vanished from his eyes, replaced entirely by profound heartache.

Sylvia followed his gaze and replied softly. "Not really."

The atmosphere in the hospital room suddenly grew quiet. Sylvia hesitated, her fingers unconsciously bunching up the bedsheets beneath her. She actually really wanted to explain why she had suddenly resorted to such extreme measures and cut her wrist. But the words hovered on the tip of her tongue, entirely unable to break free. She could not even understand the uncontrollable, frantic version of herself during an episode, so how could she possibly explain it to someone else? The suffocating sensation of sinking into a mire, of feeling entirely abandoned by the world, the sheer despair of completely losing control over her own brain and body, it was simply too humiliating to voice.

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