Chapter 30 Get Married

When it was almost noon, Emery waited alone outside the hospital. She was waiting for Kieran, as Sarah had insisted they register their marriage—it was her dying wish. However, Kieran had remained silent. He knelt emotionlessly by the hospital bed, allowing Sarah to grip his hand until her nails left bloody scratches, his expression unreadable beneath his composed exterior. "Just pretend to agree!" the nurse whispered anxiously. Even a comforting lie would be better than watching the patient suffer like this. Emery felt her face burning with shame as her nails dug into her palms. Sarah was struggling to breathe, her face turning purple while her hearing faded. Unable to bear her mother's suffering any longer, Emery fell to her knees beside Kieran. She pleaded tearfully, "Kieran, I'm begging you—just lie to her! Please?" Kieran looked up, their eyes meeting as he saw the desperation in hers. After a long moment, watching her tear-stained face, something shifted in his usually impas