I Set You Free

Chapter 11

The surgery lasted five hours.

The doctor said it was fortunate we came in time. If we had delayed two more days, I would have been permanently unable to stand.

Now I just need to wait for my body to recover, slowly do rehabilitation training, and it won't be difficult to return to normal life.

I stopped paying attention to news from back home.

But the Parker family name was too prominent.

My phone kept pushing news notifications every day.

At the Parker family wedding, the bride ran away halfway through.

Ryan became a laughingstock.

The Parker parents came forward to explain, saying Ryan was the Parker family's son-in-law.

As soon as the statement was released, Lily came out to expose the truth.

She registered an account under her real name and posted our wedding photos online.

She declared that her husband, in this life, would only be Jack Carter.

Emma was brought back to the Parker house by Lily.

She threatened with her own life, not allowing Ryan to appear at the Parker house.

Otherwise, she would destroy all the Parker family's businesses.

The Parker parents were unwilling, but couldn't go against their only daughter.

They could only do as she said.

Ryan's dream of marrying into a wealthy family was shattered.

The two families completely fell out.

They went to court over Emma's custody.

But Lily, as the child's mother, never explained for him.

Looking at the abuse directed at Lily in the comment sections,

I understood her less and less.

All of this was clearly her own choice.

Now I had stepped aside for her and Ryan.

Who was this belated deep affection of hers an act for?

I stopped opening news from back home, focusing solely on recovering in the hospital.

My friend came to take care of me almost every day.

The days weren't boring.

But for Lily, it was the complete opposite.

After a week of not finding my whereabouts,

She drank heavily every day, rarely sober.

When she was sent to the emergency room for a perforated stomach,

Looking at the friend she had grown up with, she doubted herself for the first time.

"Was I wrong?"

"Jack isn't dead, right?"

"I've searched everywhere with the rescue team. There's no body. The boarding information must be fake, right?"

"The Carter family's power reaches the heavens. All of this must be his punishment for me..."

The doctor sighed helplessly.

"To tell you the truth, when Jack was in a coma before, although his eyes weren't open, he was still conscious. He knew everything you did."

The doctor beside her sighed deeply, looking at my pale face on the bed.

"Lily, you've hurt him deeply. He won't come back."

"I advised you from the beginning. You and Jack were meant to be together. Ryan was just a fleeting presence from your college days. Once he left, it should have been over."

"You were living in memories I couldn't wake you from. Jack's appearance once became your salvation."

"I thought you two were childhood sweethearts who wouldn't be disturbed by Ryan. But you still made the wrong choice. Ryan isn't a good person. The ideas he gave you were meant to completely destroy Jack. You were obsessed and now you have no way back."

"Do you really think that night with Ryan abroad three years ago was a coincidence? You knew everything in your heart. From the moment you planted that seed, your relationship with Jack was already over."

Lily finally understood what she had missed.

What she had lost.

But it was too late.

Disregarding her body that had just undergone surgery,

She took a taxi to the police station to file a report.

From the police station, she found my new identity information.

A day later, she appeared abroad, outside my hospital room.

Watching me struggle with rehabilitation training, leaning on crutches,

Tears fell uncontrollably.

Her tired eyes were bloodshot.

She didn't speak again, nor make any sound.

She just hid behind the wall, staring blankly for a long time.

Before leaving, she left a note for the nurse to pass to me.

It read: