Torn Between Love and Hate

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Chapter 213 Destined to be a Family

Joseph searched everywhere for Deborah, almost driving himself mad in the process.

As Deborah suggested, he drove straight to the restaurant at noon.

He ended up waiting there for more than half an hour, but still didn’t see Deborah coming.

Before he had a chance to call her, the police station called him, saying that Chandler had escaped.

At this point, Chandler had reached such a state that Joseph couldn’t even dare to imagine what he

would do once he

ran out.

He almost immediately thought that something might have happened to Deborah.

He called Deborah, but no one answered the phone on the other end.

It wasn’t until now that Vance called him, letting him know that everything was finally over.

Deborah and Ashton were injured, while Chandler and Brandon fell off a cliff.

In the midst of all this, Joseph had no idea what was happening.

Just by thinking about it, one could easily guess that Deborah, having fallen into Chandler’s hands,

must have been seriously hurt.

Joseph received a call from the police and immediately slammed on the brakes, stopping the car in the

middle of the

road.

The extreme anxiety made his thoughts and reactions somewhat slow, and when he spoke, his voice

seemed like it

wasn’t his own.

“Alright, I’ll head to the hospital right away.”

It wasn’t until a car hon ked behind him that he realized his car wasn’t parked properly by the side of

the road.

He immediately stepped on the gas, speeding towards the hospital Vance had mentioned.

Adrian found out that Deborah had gone missing, so he and Joseph split up and searched everywhere

for her.

As Joseph hurried to the hospital, he also gave Adrian a heads up.

Adrian happened to be near the hospital and arrived earlier than Joseph.

As his car came to a stop outside the hospital’s treatment building, he happened to see two

ambulances parked

nearby.

An ambulance swung open its rear doors, and medical staff swiftly wheeled Ashton in on a stretcher,

rushing him into the treatment building and towards the emergency room.

Adrian brought Alyssa and Evelyn along with him. As soon as he parked the car, Alyssa and Evelyn

immediately got

out of the back seat.

Another ambulance opened its rear doors, and the medical staff took out a stretcher. Lying on it was

Deborah.

On the way here, the doctor had already provided treatment to Deborah.

Compared to Ashton’s potentially life-threatening injuries, Deborah’s wounds were much lighter.

She was now mostly awake, and the wound on her head had been properly bandaged and treated.

The scare she just experienced on the cliff has now subsided quite a bit.

Adrian and a few others immediately rushed over. Alyssa, seeing Deborah’s weak and injured state,

became extremely anxious, her eyes turning red.

The child cautiously approached, holding Deborah’s hand, and looked at her with a worried expression

on their face.

Deborah looked at her with a smile and said softly, “Mom is fine.”

A doctor nearby, seeing their appearance, asked, “Are you the family members of the injured person?”

Adrian immediately responded, “Yes.” Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

The doctor nodded, “Alright, you can all go to the ward together. We’ve already examined the injured

person on the way here.”

The main issue is that they’ve experienced a great shock, but the injuries aren’t too severe. There’s no

need to go to the emergency room; they can head to the ward first for further examination.

Evelyn breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly, “Alright, alright, let’s go to the ward first.”

Adrian helped push the bed, looking down at Deborah’s pale face.

Seeing her like this, he couldn’t help but feel distressed as well.

He couldn’t help but wish that he could bear the pain for Deborah.

As a grown man with thick skin, if he could have taken that beating in place of Deborah, or shielded her

from witnessing those gruesome scenes, he would have.

Then he must be able to endure it, so Deborah won’t have to suffer that torment.

The more Adrian looked at her, the more his heart ached. As he continued to watch, his own eyes

began to redden.

Think about the last time he felt this terrible, it was when Donna fell ill and was hospitalized, and the

doctor issued a

critical condition notice.

Adrian pushed the bed into the elevator, thinking to himself that he had truly fallen deeply in love with

Deborah.

So it turned out that truly loving someone meant feeling a sharp pain in your heart when you see them

hurt and upset, and feeling distressed along with them.

She was like his family, his loved ones, making him care for her subconsciously.

After wheeling Deborah into the ward, the doctor said that they needed to transfer her from the gurney

to the hospital

bed.

They would give her a thorough examination later to determine if there were any head injuries and

assess her psychological condition.

After the doctor finished speaking, he looked toward the only male family member, Adrian, and asked

him.

“Excuse me, sir, what is your relationship with the injured person? Could you please help carry her and

move her to the hospital bed?”

Since they were all family here, there was naturally no issue of distinguishing between men and

women.

Without a second thought, Adrian walked over and reached out to embrace Deborah.

Deborah was a bit startled. As he reached out to touch her arm, she instinctively dodged away.

She struggled to get up on her own, but simply couldn’t do it, as her body lacked the strength to exert

much effort.

Without any further explanation, Adrian directly reached out and scooped her up h or izontally, along

with the blanket on her, and placed her on the sickbed.

As Adrian picked up Deborah, he couldn’t help but feel his heart race, inexplicably experiencing a

special sense of

closeness.

He was a bit puzzled. Why was it that every time he got close to Deborah, he always felt as if there was

a magnetic field around her, attracting him?

It made him want to be close, to live together with her.

This uncontrollable feeling that arose was just too strange.

The only explanation he could think of was that he and Deborah might truly be a match made in

heaven.

Destined to be together, destined to live under the same roof, and to become a family.

Adrian was a bit lost in thought. After bending down to place Deborah on the bed, he remained in a

leaning position close to her, not standing up straight.

Deborah’s face turned red with embarrassment, while Evelyn, annoyed, stepped forward and yanked

Adrian’s arm.

“Have you lost your humanity? Look at the state Deborah is in! What on earth are you thinking?”

Only then did Adrian come to his senses, immediately straightening his body and putting some

distance between himself and Deborah.

He really liked Deborah; it was as if he was truly enchanted by her.

How about going at it one more time with Joseph? It seemed that whenever he thought about Deborah

marrying another man and not being able to live with him, his heart felt so uncomfortable.

Adrian secretly pondered on this idea, his fiery gaze constantly falling on Deborah.

Deborah was genuinely starting to fear him, so she simply closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

This man really couldn’t help but stare at her; his gaze almost never left her whenever he saw her.

She had just closed her eyes for a short while when suddenly, a chaotic flurry of footsteps sounded

from outside.

The sound became clearer and clearer, and as Deborah opened her eyes, she saw Gerald and Jane

appear in the hospital

room.

Adrian was on guard, knowing that their intentions were malicious. He immediately stepped forward to

block their

way.

Evelyn spoke with a stern tone, “Deborah needs to rest now. Please both of you leave the room, and

we can discuss.

any matters later.”

Gerald’s expression was heavy as he looked at Deborah. “The police said that Chandler fell off a cliff

into the sea?”

Deborah didn’t avoid the question and nodded honestly. “Yes.”

Jane suddenly lost control, her face contorted with rage as she lunged at her. “It was you who killed

him! You all played your parts, working together to drive my son to his death!”