Chapter 43

Emma’s POV

Just two days after our fallout, Chase had an accident.

I was the only one home, and it made sense to be there for him.

All the nights I spent near his bedside praying that nothing happens to him.

My grades started to slack, I slept in class, my social battery was down, I was even beginning to look malnourished.

I tried to fight the fact, which is that I cared about Chase, but it was impossible.

I hated seeing him like that. I’d very much rather he be up and well, than sick, bedridden and housebound.

I passed out on him so many times, the doctor advised a maid to check up on me whenever I went in to see him.

Life was beginning to look colorful again, when two weeks after crashing himself and his car, he blinked.

Blood tests showed he was under the influence of drugs, but Mark paid heavily to kill the investigations at that stage. It was all anyone needed to know, really.

Three weeks after, doctors certifie