Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO - Chapter 229

Chapter 229: Arwen is worth everything to me.

Chapter 229: Arwen is worth everything to me.

Ryan felt a headache building.

He didn’t know what else to say.

He had put a lot of effort into ensuring that Delyth received the best treatment and could recover, but her attitude now was making an already difficult situation more frustrating.  His gaze turned sharp at her stubbornness.

“So, you are saying that you don’t want to get treated anymore?” he asked.  And Delyth immediately retorted with a mocking chuckle.

“Get treated?” she repeated as if his words were some kind of joke.

“Really, Ryan?” Her voice dipped in sarcasm.

“Do you truly want to just want to just treat me?”  Ryan frowned, his patience thinning.

Pointing a finger, he gestured around the room and asked, “What else do you think all this for?

If not for treating you, why else do I make so many arrangements?

Do you think requesting Dr.

Walter to take the case was easy?

It was not.

But I made it happen so you could get treated and-”  “And so you could free yourself from the burden,” Delyth interjected, cutting his words off before he could finish.

“So that you no longer have to feel obliged to the friend’s sister whose brother is now dead because of you.”  “Zeke didn’t die because of me,” Ryan snapped, his voice filled with raw edge.

He was done letting her use his guilt against him.

It wasn’t that he was responsible for Zeke’s death; it was that he hadn’t done enough to save him.

If he had held on to Zeke just a moment longer, maybe, just maybe, Zeke could have survived that accident.  “Stop using his name to your benefit, Delyth, Ryan said, his voice firm and unwavering.

“It disgusts me.”  Delyth faltered at his raised voice, flinching slightly, but she quickly composed herself.

“Disgust you?” she repeated, scoffing bitterly.

“It disgusts me how you are doing everything possible just to get rid of me, yet coming here to make it look like it all for my and Zeke’s sake.”  “Is that not true?” Ryan shot back, taking a step closer to her bed.

His tone carried a sharp edge, one that made it clear he wasn’t in the mood to be challenged.

“Do you think I would be doing all this if not for Zeke?

Do you think I would even care if not for him?”  “Ryan!” Delyth raised her voice, her expression one of pain and betrayal.

“I am a person of my own -an individual!

I have stood by your side for as long as I remember.

How can you still see me as only Zeke’s shadow?

Have I ever been anything more to you than just Zeke’s sister?”  “To me, you have always been and will always be just Zeke’s sister,” Ryan said, his cold voice cutting through the air without hesitation.

Staring at her with unwavering intensity, he continued, “And the only reason I am here with you today is because Zeke wanted me to make sure you were taken care of.

Otherwise, to me, you would be no different than any other woman I don’t even care to look at.”  It was the harshest insult for any woman, and it hit Delyth like a blow.  “Ryan, enough!” she shouted, her voice trembling with anger and heartbreak.

“Knowing that I have loved you, how can you even say that?”  “I have always kept it very clear for you.

I don’t carry such kind of affection for you.” Ryan spoke indifferently, tucking his hands in his pockets and turning slightly to the other side.  Tears welled up in Delyth’s eyes, but she refused to let them fall.

She was hurt, but more than hurt, she held a grudge -a grudge against Arwen.

It was because of her that Ryan was behaving so cold and indifferent towards her.

If she had not done all that to have his attention, he might not have acted like this.  “It’s all because of Arwen, right?” she asked bitterly, glancing up at his back.

“But Ryan, she is already gone from your life.

Do you think doing all this is worth it?

No matter what you do now, she won’t come back to you.

Even if she married an old man, she is already married now.

Do you think that old man would let her go just because she wants to leave?

If he had married her, he would have intentions for her too.

There is no way he would let her leave all chaste and pure.

She -”  “Enough, Delyth!” Ryan’s fingers tightened into fists as he turned to her with a sharp gaze.

“I have yet not even you the authority to tell if anything has worth or not.

But still today, I will tell you -Arwen is worth everything to me.”  Delyth clenched the sheets tight under her grip.

Her eyes, though tearful, stared at Ryan sharply as if accusing him of treating her wrong.  “I have come here today to let you know that this is the best I could do for you,” Ryan spoke again, getting back to the previous topic.

“But what you said is also right, I can’t force you to undergo the surgery if you don’t want to.

So I will let you decide it and support whatever decision you make.

If you don’t want to get yourself treated, I won’t force you into it.

But -”  His gaze turned meaningful as if he had decided it long ago.

“Let me tell you this is the last bit I could do for you.

I would still be there helping you lead an easy life because that’s something I have promised to Zeke, but trust me, it wouldn’t be as easy as you think.

You might not like living like that.

So, consider it well before deciding if you really want or not to treat your legs.”  “Are you warning me, Ryan?” Delyth asked.  Ryan shook his head.

“I am not.

I am just letting you know that no matter what you choose you will not have me more than an aide by your side.

So, you have to decide if you want to sit on a wheelchair and lead your life, or recover your legs to make your life better.”