You Shine Much Less Than the StarsChapter 1
When the mudslide happened, Cedric Harvey protected Lisa Cooke under him without hesitation.
I, Emily Webb, leaned forward in the back seat because of inertia. The rebar penetrated my right calf, and I might be disabled.
When the rescue team found us, Cedric could only take one person with him. He looked at me and Lisa.
"You are seriously injured. I can't take care of you. You may wait for the medical team!"
He carried Lisa, who was basically unharmed, and got on the rescue plane.
He left me, who was seriously injured, at the accident scene.
When I woke up in the hospital, I saw that Lisa had posted on Instagram.
[Thank you, my big hero, for always being by my side!]
Everyone was waiting for my response.
I commented, [You're perfectly matched. Why don't you get married?]
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When I woke up in the hospital, seven days had passed. There were no relatives by my side, and the nurses had been taking care of me.
As I thought of my fiancé who left me, my eyes darkened.
I took out my phone, which was dead already. I borrowed a charger and turned on my phone, and there was no text from Cedric. Just as I was about to turn off the phone, I saw Cedric's name on the screen.
As soon as the call connected, his questioning voice came through. He said, "Emily, what the fuck? Lisa had a heart condition. Given the situation, what's wrong with me taking her away? We had already been rescued, and the second batch of rescuers was on their way. You could come back with them. I left in advance because I had to deal with a project worth tens of millions of dollars in the company. Your job doesn't pay much. What are you fussing about? You haven't answered my calls for so many days!"
I calmly listened to his questioning. He didn't ask me how I was doing. Instead, he questioned me. He belittled me while standing up for Lisa.
After he finished venting, I said in a hoarse voice, "I'm in the hospital..." But before I could finish, he interrupted me, "Emily, can you stop using such despicable means to get my attention? You really sicken me because you always try to attract my attention like this. You just won't believe there's nothing going on between me and Lisa, and that's why you've been like this. Stop thinking everyone is like you, OK? Nothing has ever happened between Lisa and I. Stop being so paranoid. No wonder Lisa always says you're so suspicious."