89 The Last Time He Saw Her Smile (2/2)

Before Alex had a chance to reply to her, their car jerked forward. It had been hit from behind. Zunnie glanced over at Alex and saw him frown. He peeped through the rearview mirror.

”What the…why are they so close. I can't even see the car with their light blinding me.” Alex fussed.

”Should pull over to let them pass?”

”I don't think they want to overtake us. This car has been following since we left the city. There are not many vehicles on this road, so they could have gone ahead.” Alex replied as he furrowed his brow.

”Oh, look darling, they're slowing down,” Zunnie said; relieved that nothing had happened.

Alex wanted to stop but he didn't. They continued driving ignoring the vehicle. Deep down he could tell that it was not a mistake. Yet, he was not worried because he had Secretary Zhang install cameras to the front and back of Zunnie's Volvo.

He knew announcing their marriage would cause an uproar and wanted to do anything to protect Zunnie. Alex had not informed her because he did not want to scare her or have her worry too much.

They were nearing the exit to drive up the Bai manor when they were violently hit from behind causing Alex to lose control of the vehicle. He turned to look at Zunnie and his heart sank. Blood was flowing from her head. He couldn't tell if she was badly hurt.

”Honey are you….”

The car was crashed into again and it flipped a few times off the road into a ditch. Alex made an effort to unbuckle his seatbelt to go over to Zunnie, but it wouldn't budge. His arms were starting to numb so after a few unsuccessful tried, he gave up.

He tried to reach out to her, but his right arm would not move. His ignored the pain all over his body and attempted to call out her name which had not been successful.

The scent of blood mixed with the wet grass filled the car and voices could be heard in a distance. Alex became angry listening to voices. He could not make out what they were saying.

As he sat there tightly buckled in, pain and fear filled Alex's heart as he slowly began losing consciousness. He had tried to hard to protect her but, in the end, he failed.

Seeing her lay there unresponsive, his eyes began stinging; whether it was from tears or blood he could not tell. Alex drifted off into a dark place thinking of the last time he saw her smile.