Why did you do this?

He bent down and picked her up with the fastest speed he could while being careful not to hurt her more. 

"I have called an ambulance. It's on its way." Ash snapped back from her stupor when she saw him carrying Shera and leaving the office. 

"Get out!" He roared and brushed past her urgently. Who knew when the ambulance would arrive? Would she survive until then? 

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Five hours later, at the hospital. 

Leo paced the corridor nervously. He had never been this anxious—this scared. 

Scratch that, he had. And he was feeling the same way over the same person, for the same exact reason. 

He slumped onto the bench with his hands trembling. It was all his fault. He had repeatedly declared his love, yet he failed to protect the woman he loved. He was a bastard, the most foolish idiot there was on earth. 

How could he have assumed that she was a strong woman who didn't need protection?