Reborn to Marry My Best Friend's Uncle novel Chapter 43

"My health has finally improved. All I want now is to see you in a wedding dress soon. Then I can rest easy."

Annie felt as though something exploded inside her head. She stood frozen, fingertips turning cold.

A wedding. Sean and her wedding was no longer happening.

Looking into Irene's hopeful eyes, Annie couldn't bring herself to speak the cruel truth. "We've… we've been preparing."

Her voice was dry and distant as she continued, "Once we pick a date, you'll be the first to know."

Just then, the door to the hospital room opened. Gary walked in carrying a lunch box, breaking the suffocating silence at the right moment. "Mrs. Steward Senior, Ms. Steward."

His arrival pulled Annie out of that unbearable corner she had been pressed into. She rose almost immediately, as if granted a pardon. "Grandma, since Gary is here, I'll get going."

She grabbed her bag, her words coming out in a hurry. "I'm meeting someone for dinner tonight. I won't be able to keep you company."

"Go on, go on." Irene didn't stop Annie.

Irene simply reminded gently, "Drive safely."

Annie nodded in a rush and fled the room.

Watching Annie's hurried retreat, Irene's smile gradually faded, replaced by a quiet, knowing sigh.

Gary set the dishes on the small table and spoke softly, "Mrs. Steward Senior, you—"

"She's all grown up now. She has her own thoughts." Irene cut him off.

She looked toward the window and said slowly, "As long as she's doing well, nothing else matters."

Gary said no more. He knew Irene understood everything.

Annie practically ran out of the hospital. Only after getting into a cab did her pulse finally start to settle. As long as Irene felt at ease, everything else could wait.

She would never allow the tragedy of her past life to happen again.

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