Chapter 7

At the hospital, Sebastian sat next to Sophie's bed, his fingers tapping away at his phone nonstop.

He messaged: [Remember to take your meds on time.]

After sending it, he frowned unconsciously.

Five minutes...

Ten minutes...

Fifteen minutes passed, and the message was still sitting there, marked as "Read."

His fingers unconsciously tightened around his phone, knuckles going white.

"Why isn't she replying..." he murmured, a strange sense of panic suddenly gripping him.

Sophie, lying in bed, quickly noticed something was off with him and gave a couple of weak coughs. "Sebastian, my head hurts so much."

Sebastian looked up,…