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.

she spoke. Lysander had already pulled out a spare blanket from the closet and spread it out on the floor. "I'll sleep

didn't bother to stop him.

in. But it had rained earlier, so the lights weren't that bright. Elara turned over,

today," When she first got the news, Elara had only thought about

rested his head back on the pillow. T'm just glad Mr.

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added, "If you hadn't been with me today,

was his

sunlight was streaming into the room. Yesterday's rain had stopped, Sitting up in bed, she saw Lysander coming out of the bathroom.

someone who had just stepped out of a

up a bag and brought

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

sleeping. Lysander glanced at

her

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

who had been too worried to have an appetite then, felt much better after a good night's sleep. Elara

She was sitting beside Barrett, carefully feeding him

this time, don't you think you've been

giving her a

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

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

just feel that...

warned her sternly. "If you ever speak like that again, don't blame me if

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

speak about Elara. Seeing how displeased Barrett looked, she left