Brief Was the Love

Eugene's expression wavered slightly. He shouted angrily, looking flustered, "How utterly ridiculous! Get out right now. I want to see your resignation letter by tomorrow."

Lilian stared mockingly at him before slamming the office door behind her.

She would figure this out herself. Whether it was proving her innocence or getting back the acceptance letter, she wasn't going to give up on either of them.

At the stairwell, she bumped right into Aurelie.

Aurelie looked at her smugly and said, "Medical malpractice is a serious matter. Once you're fired, that stain will stay on your record forever. So what if you got into college?"

Lilian glared resentfully at her. "Why are you doing this to me? Ever since you came to—"

Before she could finish, Aurelie grabbed her by the wrist and glared hatefully at her before pushing her toward the stairs.

"Because I want to destroy you," she hissed. "I want to take your place in college, further my education, and stand a head above the rest. I want to become Eugene's legitimate wife, just like I was in my past life."

Lilian stared at Aurelie in shock.

Her past life?

Aurelie had been reborn too!

Seeing the shock on her face, Aurelie smirked. "In my past life, I deliberately let you witness me and Eugene behaving intimately as you were about to give birth. I also caused both you and your baby to die.

She continued, "Compared to that time, I think it would be more reassuring to me if you were to just die in this life."

Staring at the stairs behind Lilian, Aurelie laughed smugly. "If you fall from here, there's a high chance you and your baby will both die. Just like in my past life…"

Upon hearing this, Lilian grabbed Aurelie's hand tightly, desperately trying to break free. However, she was too weak and absolutely no match for Aurelie.

Aurelie shook off her hand and shoved her down the stairs.

Lilian curled up in pain as blood gushed continuously from between her legs. She tried to get up, but her abdomen hurt so much she couldn't crawl to her feet at all.

Just when she thought she was about to lose consciousness, she suddenly heard Eugene's voice coming from upstairs.

"Aurelie? What are you doing here?"

At the sound of his voice, Aurelie froze before promptly "losing her footing" and falling down the stairs.

Eugene hurriedly ran over to Aurelie and held her in his arms in distress. Then, his gaze landed on Lilian, who was lying in the corner and close to death's door.

His expression changed, and he immediately let go of Aurelie to kneel next to Lilian, pressing his ear to her chest. "Stay with me, Lilian! Don't pass out!"

Lilian blearily opened her eyes, but she was tired and her eyelids felt incredibly heavy. It felt just like when she had been dying in her past life.

Eugene sighed in great relief when he saw her open her eyes. He hurriedly stood up and hit the emergency button on the wall.

Once he heard the alarm blaring throughout the entire building, he returned to kneeling at her side. "Li—"

"My foot seems to be broken, Eugene," Aurelie interjected. "It hurts so much. Please help me take a look at it quickly. I'm afraid of not being able to dance anymore…"

Eugene immediately turned his head at the sound of her cries and frowned when he saw her extremely swollen ankle. He carefully pressed on the ankle, his expression gradually turning darker as Aurelie screamed in pain.

He bent down and scooped her into his arms, then looked worriedly at Lilian. "I'll take her to the orthopedics department first. The other doctors will be here soon, so hang on a little longer. I'll come and see you again later."

In the past, Eugene had fretted over her like this too.

She had climbed up high and accidentally fallen down, hitting her head in the process. He had also checked over her injuries in panic like this, then run all the way to the city hospital with her in his arms. By the time he arrived at the hospital, he had lost a shoe…

Since when had he stopped loving her?

Lilian clutched her stomach, feeling pained. He had probably never loved her in the first place.

She closed her eyes in despair. If she made it out of this alive, she would definitely make that phone call and ask Linus to take her away from Eugene immediately.

"Lilian! Wake up, Lilian!"

"The patient has lost consciousness and requires emergency resuscitation."