“It’s dangerous here. You should head back to the country. It’s the safest there,” I responded lightly.
“I know,” Adrian replied, his tone tinged with loneliness. “But in the house we once shared, all I feel is loneliness and pain. I know that this place is dangerous, but as long as I see you, I feel at peace. That safe house isn’t home to me anymore. Wherever you are, there’s where home
is.”
I looked up at him and smiled faintly. “We don’t have a home, Dr. Randall.” After glancing down at the time, I stood up and said, “I should go.”
“Wendy.” He gently tugged the hem of my coat. “Will you come back to see me?”
I said indifferently, “You got hurt because of me, so I will take responsibility for you until you recover.”
After a busy schedule, I finally found time to check on Adrian the next day.
When he saw me, he immediately sat up straighter. “Hey, Wendy!”
I approached to check his injuries, but he grabbed my hand. “I’ve been waiting for you all day.”
“I said I’d come back to see you.”
“But I was afraid that-”
I smiled and asked, “What are you afraid of? I’m not like you–always saying you’d come back but never actually did.”
“Wendy, I—”
“Does it still hurt?” I interrupted him.
He smiled and shook his head. “The pain went away when you arrived.”
“That’s good,” I replied absent–mindedly.
I left after changing his bandages and chatting with him for a while. But before I did, Adrian called out to me again, asking, “Will you come back?”
I didn’t turn around and curtly said, “Maybe.”
However, I never did go back.
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I was reassigned to a new war zone and left hurriedly, without telling Adrian. I never added him back to my contacts list.
Years passed in the blink of an eye, and I became one of the few survivors from my medical
team.
Back home, I became a top–tier physician and took charge of the local Red Cross chapter. But I never expected to see a familiar face on my first day at my new position.
Adrian was just the same as he had been, as if time hadn’t left a mark on him.
He said, “What a coincidence. You’ve joined the Red Cross too.”
The small talk was forced, so I simply smiled and politely said, “It’s been a while, Dr. Randall.”
“I’ve been waiting for you since the day you left.”
“Dr. Randall, don’t wait anymore. If I’m right, there’s someone waiting for you here too, isn’t there?”
His gaze darkened. “I haven’t been involved with Katelyn’s treatment for a long time.”
“And she’s okay with that?”
He shook his head. “That’s not my concern anymore. There are other doctors at the hospital.”
I nodded. “It’s good that you can take responsibility for the patients you handle.”
Adrian followed me on my way home.
It was New Year’s Day. The night was a bit cold, and he and I walked one after the other, our footsteps crunching in the snow.
I turned back and asked, “Dr. Randall, is there something you need?”
He pointed ahead. “I live in this neighborhood too.”
I paused for a moment, then stepped to the side. “Then, please go ahead.”
Fireworks burst in the sky, and he looked at me, his eyes reflecting the colourful lights.” Would you like to spend the New Year with me?”
“I prefer being alone,” I replied, smiling.
“Then I’ll wait for you.”
