After Death, Love Unveiled

Chapter 57

Elara glanced at him. "You will?"

He looked back at her, silent but determined. With no other choice, Elara sat down on the stool. Lysander stood in front of her, grabbing a towel to gently dry her damp hair before picking up the hairdryer and starting to blow her hair. Watching his serious reflection in the mirror, Elara asked, "Have you ever dried sorneone else's hair before?"

"No, I haven't." He quietly looked at her. "What made you think that?"

Elara replied, "Seeing you blow-dry my hair, I thought maybe you've done this for someone else."

"No." Lysander continued drying her hair strand by strand. For awhile, the only sound in the hotel room was the hum of the hairdryer.

Although Elara was sitting there, today had been anything but peaceful. On the way here, she had imagined all sorts of worst-case scenarios, fearing it would be just like last time, losing her father again. Luckily, it was just a false alarm. By the time Lysander finished drying her hair, Elara was so tired she felt like she could fall asleep right there. Lysander looked at her and noticed how genuinely exhausted she seemed.

'Of course. She's been crying the whole way here. She must be worn out, he thought.

He turned off the hairdryer and said to her, "Go to bed

Elara stood up, walked over to the bed, and slipped under the covers, pulling them up to hide herself. A moment later, she opened her eyes and saw Lysander already coming out of the bathroom.

He had taken off his dress shirt, now wearing just a white T-shirt underneath

"Are you going somewhere?" Elara asked.

Lysander shook his head. "No, I'm not going anywhere. Fm staying right here. I can't leave you alone."

In a strange city, Lysander didn't feel comfortable leaving her by herself. Especially since Elara clearly wasn't happy today, probably worried about her father.

going to sleep? Elara asked. As soon as she spoke. Lysander had already pulled out

to stop him. After

streetlights from outside trickled in. But it had rained earlier, so the lights weren't that bright.

for coming with rue today," When she first got the news, Elara had only thought about rushing over herself. She hadn't even asked for his help, but

rested his head back on the pillow. T'm

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with me

was his

had slept through the night. When she woke up, sunlight was streaming into the room. Yesterday's rain had stopped, Sitting up in bed, she saw Lysander coming out of the bathroom. His face

someone who had just stepped

up a bag and brought it over. They bought some

her yesterday, and now she finally had something fresh to change into. She glanced at Lysander, "You're up so early?" "Yeah," Lysander nodded. Elara

remembered his troubles with sleeping. Lysander glanced at her. "I slept

nights, last night had been better for him. Every time he woke up and saw her lying next to him, hearing her gentle, steady breathing as she slept, he felt a sense of

the two headed downstairs for breakfast. They hadn't eaten much last night after coming back

better after a good night's sleep. Elara even bought breakfast to

injuries. She was sitting beside Barrett, carefully feeding

this time, don't you

giving her a sharp look. "What

think that sometimes... maybe you shouldn't indulge

Barrett's voice turned cold. "How long have you worked for me? When did Elara's matters become something for you to

mistake, quickly apologized. "I'm sorry. I just feel that... this time, it was almost because of her

accident. It had nothing to do with her. Barrett warned her sternly. "If you ever speak like that again, don't blame me if there's no room for

she cast a quick glance at the man in front of her. She had been working for "Yes, sir." Monica's eyes him for so many years now, starting as a fresh graduate who joined his company as his secretary. Over the years, she had learned a lot from him. Barrett was usually willing to teach her. Whenever she

no right to speak about Elara. Seeing how displeased Barrett looked, she left the room quietly. Standing outside, Elara and Lysander witnessed Monica