Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

Chapter 468 He Has Cancer

One day, Isabella stayed at school in the afternoon because she needed to attend a meeting.

“Here, someone is calling you,” her friend said as she tapped her on the shoulder.

Isabella froze when she saw the caller ID appear on the screen. Then, she quickly picked up the phone. “Got it, I’l be right there,” she said seriously after a while.

She instantly dialed another number after hanging up the phone. She then gathered her belongings on her seat with her other hand and walked out of the conference room.

Isabella was about to walk out the door when she ran into Jasmine, the vice president of Debate Team. Jasmine was dressed in a navy blue suit, and her heels clattered on the floor. She reached out to grab Isabella’s hand, Isabella frowned as she smelled Jasmine’s strong perfume.

“Isabella, the meeting is about to begin. Where are you going?” Jasmine’s attitude was hostile, and she even looked at Isabella hostilely.

Isabella ignored her and brushed her hand away. And Jasmine stopped her again and moved to the side as if she didn’t want her to leave.

“I have something to do, and I need to get going. I’llsend Sean a message later to let him know about it,” Isabella said it politely.

But Jasmine was still furious after hearing her words. She believed Isabella was deliberately provoking her. “Are you going to text him? Do you ‘467 He Has Cancer know him well? He’s two grades your senior, shouldn’t you keep your distance from him?”

“You can ask him about that,” Isabella said calmly, “And by the way, tell him that | left.” She then walked away and deliberately bumped Jasmine, who was in her way. Jasmine then stumbled and slammed into the wooden door.

“Isabella!” Jasmine yelled, frustrated. Isabella had already left in a hurry at that moment.

Before pulling her phone from her pocket. Jasmine paused for a moment and texted Sean, “I broke my ankle, can you take me to the clinic? By the way. I’d like to discuss the debate competition with you.”

Jasmine was no longer enraged after sending the message. She smiled as she entered the conference room and told everyone, “Since someone is absent today, our meeting will be canceled. You guys can leave now.”

Everyone appeared furious after that.

“Why didn’t you say so earlier? I’ve been waiting here for an hour! | even canceled a date,” someone slapped the table angrily and said.

Jasmine had stepped out of the conference room by then. “You’re a freshman, right?” she asked condescendingly.

The girl froze and nodded.

“Feel free to leave for your own personal business, and have a bunch of people waste their time because of you. Provided, of course, that you have the ability to bewitch people like she does.”

After finishing her words, Jasmine walked away, her high heels making an annoying sound on the wooden floor.

The girl was humiliated and unsure what she should do next. “Hey, ‘467 He Has Cancer What does she mean by that?” she asked, tugging on her friend’s sleeve.

“Don’t you understand? She wasn’t just blaming you; she was also scolding Isabella,” her roommate said sympathetically.

“No, | still don’t get it,” the girl continued.

“| heard Sean invited Isabella here, and she was the only freshman he brought in. | get the impression the two of them like each other. Otherwise,

Jasmine wouldn’t hate her so much.”

“Isn’t Isabella a freshman? She only arrived a few months ago!”

“I only know that Sean was in charge of welcoming new students on the first day of school, and the last new student he received was Isabella, and the student union even took a picture of the two of them at the time, and that photo is still on our school’s official IG, with thousands of comments complimenting them. They are a good match.”

“Come on, let’s go get some fast food,” they said as they walked away.

Isabella arrived at the hospital later. She pretended to be calm, but she was still thinking about what had just happened.

“Are you Mike’s family?” A police officer at the door asked her.

“Yes, I’m his niece.”

“Mike’s condition isn’t good right now. He has terminal stomach cancer and has been in the hospital for quite some time. He didn’t let us tell his family about it before. We’re telling you right now because…” The man paused and shifted the topic, “Well, go in and see him. He seems to

have something to say to you.”

Ina daze, Isabella walked to the corridor where the windows were ‘467 He Has Cancer open, and a cold breeze blew in. Anna tapped Isabella on the shoulder to bring her back to her senses. “Go see

him, dear. I’ll wait for you here,” Anna said.

Isabella nodded and tried not to cry.

That hospital was shabby, and the ward smelled slightly musty. Isabella stood in the doorway, her gaze fixed on the man in the bed. He was breathing heavily with his mouth open, his unfocused gaze fixed on the lights on the ceiling.

The people on the island used to call him “Fat Mike” because he was indeed overweight. However, at the moment, he was much thinner than before, with thin cheeks, dry and cracked lips, and dull eyes.

Isabella couldn’t hold back her tears after seeing Mike and sobbed in the doorway, her hands covering her face.

When Mike heard the sound, he moved his body, turned his head toward Isabella at the ward’s door, and asked, “You’re here, huh?”

Even though he was weak, he still smiled at her. And Isabella noticed that his voice was no longer as loud as it once was. “I’m here,” she said, biting her lip and then relaxing slightly.

Mike was her uncle no matter what, and she used to think they could go their entire lives without seeing each other. But she was very heartbreaking at the time because he was the last family member she had in the world.

“Come here, Tracy,” he waved and gestured to the chair beside his bed, looking tired after doing so. Isabella sat beside him and noticed that his eyes had lost their radiance once more.

“| had a dream about your mother, Tracy. For the past few days, I’ve been seeing her in my dreams. In my dreams, she blamed me for bringing her to that hellhole. She said that she had already made one

mistake in her ‘467 He Has Cancer life and did not intend to make another. If| saw her in heaven, she wouldn’t even talk to me,” Mike then laughed to himself,

Isabella didn’t quite understand what he meant because her mother died when she was very young. Mike rarely told her anything about her, so Isabella had little memory of her mother. Then she uttered, trying to comfort Mike, “It wasn’t entirely your fault.”

“No, | did many wrong things. | locked her in her room and told her she couldn’t see that man. | even took her to the hospital.” Mike coughed violently and felt pain in his organs throughout his body, forcing him to close his eyes tightly.

“Okay, you need to stop talking. You need some rest,” Isabella said. She was at a loss for words and poured him half a glass of water from a kettle.

Mike’s stomach hurt, so he didn’t take the glass, and the water spilled onto the floor.

“| also took her to the hospital and told her she needed to have an abortion. She begged me so hard and even cried her eyes out in the operating room. | was devastated, so | agreed to let her keep the baby. You Were over six months old at the time,” Mike continued. Content © NôvelDrama.Org 2024.

Isabella was wiping water with tissue at the time, then froze, thinking for a moment before asking calmly, “Why?”

“Because she was still in college. She was the only college student in our family back then, and | didn’t want her to ruin her future because of a child. However, | later learned that | was wrong. You’re a wonderful child, and everyone adores you.”

Isabella sat straight up in her chair, disappointed. It was the first time she had heard anyone talk about her parents, but there was clearly one person missing from her life. And it was her biological father.