That familiar image surfaced in her mind again...
The smell of blood made her increasingly dizzy. Her breathing grew tight, her cheeks flushed and burned, and her legs gave out, causing her to collapse.
Sean Quinn froze for a moment, then quickly caught her. "Stella, Stella... What's wrong?"
Stella Lockwood suddenly squeezed her eyes shut and clutched his sleeve, her lips moving as if murmuring something. He couldn't make it out, so he leaned closer. After listening intently for a while, he finally understood. "Second Brother, you can't die! Second Brother, don't sleep, don't sleep! Second Brother, wake up, wake up..."
His heart jolted, and his breathing quickened. 'She seems to be remembering some details of that disaster...' So, after he'd been shot and passed out, she had cried out for him in despair. A pity he couldn't hear her back then...
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