When I found out this might be a sign of her waking up, I couldn't hold back the tears, sobbing uncontrollably.
Kart gently patted my back.
He didn't mind my rudeness earlier. Instead, he used a tissue, gently wiping away my tears, bit by bit.
Once I calmed down, I realized I should thank him.
"It's fine, I was just visiting family at the hospital, and it's a coincidence we ran into each other". He said softly, "This is a big deal. Shouldn't you call your parents?" I shook my head. "My parents don't care about us."
Kart froze, then after a pause, said, "Sorry, I didn't know..."
"Seems like I came at an awkward time."
Sebastian's sarcastic voice came.
I turned around to see him leaning against the doorframe, lazily lifting his eyelids, dressed in athletic wear.
Kart let go of my hand. "Then I'll leave."
"Kart..."
"Anastasia."
Sebastian walked over, forcefully wrapping his arm around my waist. "Mr. Brown has things to do, don't disturb him." Acting like a madman!
I couldn't help but glare at him, but he casually pulled up a chair and sat down, his interest piqued as he told me:
"I went back to the country recently and checked on your Kart."
"...You really have too much free time." Sebastian ignored my retort.
"He's been engaged for a while, with his childhood sweetheart. They're getting married after graduation."
"But from the way he helped you just now, he doesn't seem very aware of his status as a man with a fiancée."
"But no matter what, your crush is probably going to end in vain." Sebastian sounded excited.
Excited to the point where I wanted to hit him.
But since my sister was treated by the doctor he found, I could only swallow my resentment and bite my lip.
I stepped forward and gave him a big hug. "Thank you!" I looked at him, feeling so excited that my scalp tingled.
"My sister's going to wake up! She's going to wake up! I'm so happy!"
Sebastian stiffened for a moment, his hot breath brushing against my neck.
His voice was low, tinged with a hint of hoarseness.
"Congratulations, Anastasia."
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The fact that Kart was engaged didn't matter to me as much as my sister's imminent awakening.
I anxiously stayed by her side, day after day, traveling between the lab and the hospital... and eating with Sebastian.
I really didn't understand: "How can you be so free?"
"Expanding into overseas markets."
He succinctly described, putting some greens into my bowl. "Eat a little. Balance your nutrition."
I looked at the shrimp, eggs, and green vegetables in my bowl, and closed my eyes in pain.
When I didn't know him well, I thought Sebastian was like a unattainable figure, distant and pure.
But in reality, he was treating other's like a father, controlling everything, nagging about this and that, even wanting to choose what I should wear.
In the matter of pursuing me, he ignored all my objections, nothing could get through to him. He appeared on time, every day, at the school gate, as stubborn as a donkey.
I was about to break down: "Sir, I beg you, missing one meal won't kill me. If I keep eating like this, I'll end up fat like a pig."
"What's wrong with pigs?"
He looked at me with a smile. "Chubby, so cute."
I: "..."
Go away!
Sebastian sometimes would go into my sister's room and look at her. He would call out to her, still asleep: "Isabella."
Then one day, just as he finished speaking, my sister's eyelashes fluttered, and her eyelids slowly opened. She was awake.
