I accompanied him to the hospital, watching as he lay exhausted and weak on the sickbed. My heart ached unbearably, so I stubbornly lingered in the ward, unwilling to leave.
"Honey, let me stay and keep you company tonight. Maybe I should even move into the hospital with you."
He gave me a faint smile, his eyes brimming with tenderness. "Be good and go home."
Reluctantly, I held onto his hand, unwilling to let go.
"What are you dawdling for? Let go! Doesn’t Ethan need rest? Can’t you be more considerate?"
Before I could react, my mother-in-law roughly pried my hand away.
I was speechless.
All I wanted was to spend a little more time with my husband. Was that really so unreasonable?
On the way home, I gazed at the neon-lit nightscape outside the car window. The eve
