Chapter 9 Marry On Condition

He really couldn't bear to see Audrey's current condition. All kinds of bad thoughts were now lodged in his head, but then Daniel shook his head to get rid of them.

He had to believe that Audrey would be fine. Right now he could do nothing but let the doctors do their job properly for Audrey's recovery.

Daniel, who was sitting on the waiting chair, unconsciously hit his head, causing him to wake up. He did not realize that he had fallen asleep. Daniel stood up and saw one of the nurses bustling in and out of the operating room.

Seeing that, he immediately approached and asked what happened.

"The patient lost a lot of blood. And the blood supply in the blood bank is empty. The patient's blood is quite rare. So, we can't get a blood donor quickly."

Daniel was shocked. He was getting weaker by the second. If Daniel had the same blood type as Audrey, he would have donated right now.

From a distance, Lidya, who was spying on Daniel, heard the nurse smile. She hurriedly moved from there to inform Patricia.

"Really?" Patricia was surprised when Lidya told her that Audrey had lost a lot of blood and needed a blood donor. Afterward, she smiled with satisfaction.

"Isn't that great? Let that woman die. At least then there will be no one to stand in the way of my relationship with Daniel." Patricia smiled widely in happiness. Her wish was about to come true, but then Bryan's words made her smile less.

"You're wrong! You don't have Daniel right now. You'd better offer to donate blood."

Patricia's brow furrowed in incomprehension. "What do you mean, Dad? Why would I save him?" Patricia objected, not understanding the other purpose behind Bryan's suggestion.

Bryan stepped closer to his favorite daughter. "Look, right now you need to remain the noble-hearted Patricia in Daniel's presence. You can use that."

"I don't get it, Dad."

"Go to Daniel. Tell him that you will donate blood to Audrey. In return, you must ask him for a condition, that he must marry you in return."

Patricia was thrilled. She immediately nodded her understanding and hurried to meet Daniel.

She saw Daniel sitting in front of the operating room. His face looked pained and very worried. Patricia walked over and gently rubbed Daniel's shoulder until he turned to her.

"Are you okay?" Patricia asked, but Daniel didn't answer. He just turned his head and looked down again.

Then Patricia called him again. "Daniel..." she paused her sentence for a moment. "I've heard that Audrey needs a blood donor. You know, Audrey and I have the same blood type."

Daniel was surprised. He looked up and turned to Patricia. "Really?" Daniel asked.

"Yes," Patricia replied with a smile. "I'm going to donate blood to Audrey."

Daniel looked excited. He straightened up and faced Patricia fully.

"You're going to do it?" asked Daniel, not expecting Patricia to do so.

"Yes, of course I would, but..." he paused his sentence for a moment. He looked deeply into Daniel's eyes. "I have a condition in exchange."

Daniel's eyebrows furrowed at that.

Patricia continued her sentence again. "I want us to get married instead."

Daniel frowned and looked at Patricia, "What are you saying? Do you dare blackmail me?!"

Patricia shook her head, her voice deliberately soft. "Because I love you, I want to be with you, I promise, as long as you promise me, I will immediately donate blood for Audrey."

Daniel's heart sank. He felt that Patricia was no longer the good woman he knew. When they were young, Daniel had fallen and dived under the rubble, and he was almost dying.

Just when he had given up, little Patricia dug up the ground bit by bit with her bare hands until her hands were full of wounds. Only then did she save him.

Therefore, Daniel always took care of Patricia out of gratitude, but now Patricia has changed and is no longer the kind little girl she used to be. This current Patricia made Daniel feel strange.

Daniel is now convinced that he does not love Patricia at all, and he does not want to betray his marriage to Audrey.

But he remembered Audrey who was currently lying with many tubes and hanging on to the tubes that he saw in the emergency room not long ago. If blood is not given in time, Audrey's condition will deteriorate further.

Daniel rubbed his eyebrows and sighed. He decided to accept Patricia's proposal because the most important thing now was for Audrey to survive.

Daniel nodded in agreement. "All right, I'll marry you, but please donate your blood to Audrey right now."

Patricia breathed a sigh of relief. She had succeeded.

The nurse escorted Patricia to a special room. Her blood was drawn and Patricia began to imagine how she would marry Daniel and live happily with him.

After the nurse said there had been no significant improvement in Audrey, Daniel decided to go home for a while. Change his clothes and clean up.

Tiredness and sleepiness were not on his mind at the moment. He had to stay close to Audrey. Therefore, he could not stay at home for too long.

She enters her and Audrey's room. The scent of the perfume Audrey used to use wafted out. Daniel looked at the pregnancy pillow that Audrey often used on the bed. He picked it up and hugged it. Her tears fell at that moment.

Several memories in the room now flashed through Daniel's mind. When Audrey sat on the dressing table and curled her hair. When Audrey fell asleep on the bed while holding her stomach. The image was suffocating.

Daniel's footsteps moved and entered the room connected to theirs. The room was specially made to welcome their newborn baby, and there were all kinds of cute decorations. A baby cot, baby toys, and all kinds of baby equipment were already there.

Daniel smiled as he remembered how enthusiastic Audrey had been when decorating the room. All this Audrey had prepared. She looked happy, but now her body was lying helplessly in a hospital bed.

He walked away and closed the door. Reassuring himself that Audrey would be back with their cute baby. Daniel then cleaned himself up. Deliberately pouring himself under the cold shower. Soaking up every drop of water that flowed through his head. After this, he could not be weak. Audrey needed him.

After taking a shower, Daniel put on his clothes and then arranged himself in front of the dressing table that Audrey used to use. He sat on the dressing table chair and then touched Audrey's personal belongings.

Daniel picked up Audrey's most used hairpin and thought about whether to take it to the hospital, as Audrey after the surgery would be uncomfortable to wash her hair and might need to cut her long hair. While hesitating, he accidentally saw a piece of cloth sticking out of the drawer. Daniel looked down and examined the contents.

There was a knitted yarn and a small hand-knitted shirt. The shirt was unfinished. Audrey must have made it. As he was about to put it back, Daniel's eyes fell on a book in the drawer. He picked it up and frowned at the shape of the book.

When he opened it, he found that it was Audrey's diary. He closed it and put it back, feeling presumptuous to read it. However, when he stood up and was about to leave the place, curiosity stopped his body.

Daniel sat down again and picked up the book carefully. Now he carried the book to the bed and opened it. At first, Daniel smiled reading the contents of Audrey's diary, but then the smile disappeared when he read a page that had a surprising fact on it.

It was written that little Audrey once helped a boy under the ruins. With her bare hands, she helped him out and saved him. Since then Audrey has always paid attention to him even though the little boy no longer recognizes her.

The man came home and befriended Patricia. Seeing his kindness and friendliness, there were seeds of love in Audrey's heart, but she had to keep her feelings close as she never noticed him until now after eleven years.

Daniel was really surprised. So, all this time he had mistakenly thought that the person who had saved him was not Patricia.

That person was Audrey. How could Daniel not recognize her?

While he was busy thinking, his cell phone rang. Daniel picked it up and found the name of the hospital on it. He quickly answered it.

"Sir, the operation failed. Your wife cannot be saved. We're sorry."

Daniel's brain went blank and the diary slipped from his hand.