Chapter 52

Im gonna hit the shower,” said Gwendolyn.

She dropped her things and hurried back to her room for a quick shower and change into clean clothes. Finally, she knocked on Howard’s door.

“Come in.”

“Mr. Chadwick, I’m here for your acupuncture session,” she said, her voice hoarse and

weary.

Howard’s gaze remained fixed on her as she, like always, began the acupuncture treatment on his legs. Her delicate hands, pale and chapped from the work, stood out starkly.

She looked like a wilted lettuce, utterly spent.

“I’ll remove the needles in half an hour,” Saying, Gwendolyn tidied up her kit and sat down

to wait.

Howard didn’t speak, and he watched as Gwendolyn’s head slowly drooped until her eyes. closed and she dozed off against the rocking chair. He reached into the drawer for some hand lotion and wheeled closer.

The cool cream squirted into his palm, enveloping her hands as he gently massaged

them.

He figured she must’ve had a rough time at the hospital.

to complain. She

passed, and she hadn’t woken up.

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needles out himself. A while later, Marina came upstairs with a tray of food, tiptoeing as

“Yes.”

must be

sympathetically, “Why even bother with an

get her diploma, maybe even stay on at Bayridge Hospital, and get

work this hard, not if Enoch would just

apprentice.

to reveal his

Bayridge Hospital tomorrow? See if they’re giving

here for Mrs. Chadwick to

left, he gently lifted Gwendolyn and placed her on

up the next morning ravenous, her stomach growling.

noticed something unusual. A warm body was next to hers. She

Howard shifted his

her eyes, pretending to sleep, her heart pounding..

in, and you’ll be late for work,” said Howard, his morning voice

couldn’t pretend anymore and opened her

“Do you

sleep?” He lounged by

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