Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

The day before we leave…

Savannah was in a trance. This reminded her that she would leave the country soon. Maybe she would never see somebody again after she left this time.

"Savannah? What's the matter?" Kevin noticed the hue of shifting thought in her large eyes.

Did her hesitation indicate unwillingness?

"Nothing..." Savannah smiled, trying to cheer herself up.

"Savannah, Dylan came to see you today, didn't he?" He took a deep breath and looked at her.

"Hmm..."

"Did he say anything to you? Did he ask you to stay?"

"No. In fact, he left soon after he sent Kaiden here."

"What do you think?" Kevin asked suddenly.

"What?"

"Do you really, really want to go back to Italy with me? Savannah, if you regret it and want to stay, just tell me." Kevin stared into her eyes.

Savannah bit her lips, and her eyes fell.

"I really want to go back to Italy with you." She said in a low voice. Her head bent, and she mechanically twisted the tail of her jacket between her fingers.

However, her behavior gave away everything.

Kevin's eyes clouded with haze, but he said nothing.

***

Two days later, Savannah left the hospital.

In the morning, Kevin came to go through the discharge formalities for her. After that, he packed up things and took her out.

It was a sunny and comfortable day. Savannah stretched herself, taking a breath.

"I'll get the car. Wait here." Kevin smiled and carried the bag to the garage.

Savannah waited at the bottom of the steps.

After a while, Kevin's car slowly drew out from the parking lot and coming in her direction. She waved to Kevin, who smiled back at her behind the windshield.

The car approached her. To her surprise, it didn't stop when it passed her but went straight ahead of the road. It didn't slow down but pointed straight down the grade towards a plane tree in the front corner!

Savannah stood riveted to the ground--it was some seconds before she could react. She cried out Kevin's name as she ran to the car, but it sped up as it went down the steep grade!

Savannah stopped, her eyes wide with fear.

The car went out of control, jumped a curb, and hit the plane tree with a sickening crash!

The entire tree rocked and shed its leaves on the ground.

Savannah covered her mouth, rushing over. The front cover of the car turned out of shape, and it was all smashed in the tree!

The scene shocked her to the core. Her clothes were wet in a cold sweat.

The front airbags had deployed. Kevin laid in front of the steering wheel insensible, blood flowing out slowly from his forehead.

"Kevin! Brother Kevin!" Savannah tried to calm down, but her voice still trembled terribly.

Luckily, they hadn't left the hospital. She immediately called the emergency room.

In a few minutes, a group of medical staff came out with an emergency stretcher. They carefully carried Kevin onto the stretcher and sent him to the emergency room for first aid.

Savannah, panicked, followed at their heels.

***

Outside the emergency room, Savannah stood in the hallway, worried and anxious.

Fear fluttered in her stomach, and her blood froze in her veins.

Why? How did such an accident happen? Kevin was still smiling at her just now, but then he was lying unconscious in the hospital!

Would he be all right? What if something happened to Kevin? What if Kevin would never wake up again?

The color drained from her face. Tears burst out of her eyes because of excessive fear and tension. Her hands were cold and clammy, and the only thing she could do was praying to god for Kevin.

"Savannah, what happened to Kevin?" Dan arrived at the hospital, sweated with concern.

"Kevin's still in the emergency room... I don't know... He went to the garage to get the car, and it seemed like the brakes didn't work, he couldn't stop the car… It went out of control and hit a tree…" Savannah spluttered through her tears.

Dan's face changed.

"Don't worry, Kevin will be fine." He comforted her and himself.

Just then, the door of the emergency room opened. A doctor walked out, followed by two nurses.

"How is the wounded man, doctor?" Savannah rushed over and had no time to wipe her tears.

"Rest assured. His injuries are not serious, and we've stopped the blood loss and cleaned the wound. However, he suffered a broken right hand and a broken bone in his right foot. He needs to be hospitalized. You may go in now, but don't stay for too long. The patient needs a rest."

Much relieved, Savannah and Dan walked in.

Kevin was lying on the bed with a pale face. His injured head was bandaged up, and his broken right hand and right foot were encased in plaster. His eyes brightened when he saw Savannah, a weak smile rested on his pale lips.

"Don't worry, I'm fine," he said weakly.

She hurried to Kevin's bedside. Tears started to tear her again.

"Kevin... Does it hurt? How did that happen?"

"Yeah, how could the car accident happen to you?' Dan followed Savannah in, still worried, "Your car is serviced regularly, it can't happen..."

Kevin glanced at Dan with meaning.

Dan paused for a moment and then frowned.

"This morning --" He opened his mouth wide as if he recalled something.

"Dan, help me go through the hospital formalities first, please." Kevin interrupted him.

Dan realized that Kevin didn't want him to mention that for the moment. He immediately stopped asking questions and left first.

Savannah helped to transfer Kevin to the inpatient ward with a nurse. But just then, the door was knocked, and a policeman entered, looking serious.

"Mr. Wills, I'm from the city police, and I'd like to make a brief record of your accident. After checking your car, I found something wrong with the brakes. Could you tell me where you have been these days? We need to go further into the cause of the accident."

Savannah looked at the policeman in surprise. What did he mean? Was it not an accident? But a deliberate crime? Otherwise, why did the police want to investigate the matter further?

Kevin looked at Savannah, who looked a little confused. "Savannah, please go to buy some daily necessities for me."

Savannah nodded after a pause and went out.

After a few steps, she ran into Dan, who came back.