Trash Husband, I'm the Top novel Chapter 158

She was about to ask in delight, but then she saw the bruises on his face.

“What happened?”

Louis just said he’d taken a fall.

Aurora quickly pressed for more details about the person involved.

Louis lied. He claimed he didn’t know who it was, but that he’d already asked the doctor to help make contact.

Aurora knew how these things worked. Even if someone was a perfect match, it didn’t mean they’d be willing to donate—and if they refused, the hospital couldn’t reveal their identity.

All she could do was hope the person was kind.

Louis went to get his wounds taken care of. At the door, he paused and spoke softly: “I’ll do what I can about Payne’s illness. Just look after him here at the hospital for me, will you?”

Aurora heard the concern in his words and answered quietly, “Okay.”

Once the door closed, Aurora sat by Payne’s bed.

She thought, if Louis really had a solution, he wouldn’t have waited this long or come all the way back here. He was just trying to comfort her.

Now, with Payne’s fate uncertain, the two of them could only encourage each other.

Two days passed, and there was still no word from the potential donor. None of the Quinns were a match, either.

Aurora barely slept. She tossed and turned, always feeling she was only a hair’s breadth from hope, unable to find peace.

When she woke up, she saw the deepening circles under her eyes in the mirror.

After some thought, she went to the doctor to ask about the match.

Every extra person meant another chance.

The doctor looked surprised. “The match is Mr. Chambers. Didn’t Mr. Winters tell you?”

Aurora froze. Daniel was the match?

She remembered the bruises on Louis’s face—clearly from a fight.

So Louis had gone to Daniel.

“I don’t know how things went between Mr. Winters and Mr. Chambers,” the doctor added, “but whatever happens, we need to move quickly. Surgery can’t just happen on a whim.”

There would be more tests, more delays.

The sooner, the better.

“But he’s not a good person.”

Aurora didn’t answer. She bent down and kissed Payne’s forehead, whispering gently, “Payne, be good, okay? I have some things I need to take care of. I’ll come back to be with you in a few days, all right?”

Payne didn’t want her to go, but he was a good kid and nodded obediently.

Aurora almost cried again.

“Aurora,” Louis said, pain in his voice.

This really was a cruel choice.

“I’ll go talk to him,” she said. “We can discuss everything else when I’m back.”

She turned and left.

Louis hesitated, then hurried after her. “Aurora, don’t force yourself.”

She just waved a hand without looking back.

She was afraid if she turned around, she’d lose her nerve.