Chapter 1253

Chapter 1253

Eugene didn't pressure Lydia to give him an answer right away. He simply gave her a guest room to rest.

At this point, Lydia wasn't sure where else she could go. She had turned off her phone and didn't want to see Quincy. She couldn't face going home, so she silently agreed to stay.

The next morning, after turning her phone back on, she found more than a dozen missed calls, all from Quincy.

"Miss Lydia?" came a knock at the door, followed by a voice she didn't recognize. "Are you awake?"

Lydia opened the door to find a middle-aged woman with a kind face, holding a bowl of chicken soup. The faint aroma made her stomach rumble.

can call me Mrs. Lucy. Mr. Ford told me not to disturb you, but it's almost noon,

to do this?"

said with a gentle smile. "Mr. Ford seems really concerned about you. To be honest, I've worked for his family for years, and I've never seen him

but she didn't know what to say. She was well aware of Eugene's feelings for her. In

clouded her judgment. If she had been thinking clearly, she wouldn't have followed him back here so impulsively. Feeling her head ache from overthinking, she sighed. "Just leave it there. I'll

no! Miss Lydia, did you catch a cold

Lydia could respond, Mrs. Lucy was already

Mr. Ford. He should

gone to the office earlier, Lydia quickly stopped her. "No, really, there's no need. It's

events of the previous night still weighed heavily on Lydia, and the last thing she wanted was to be further entangled with Eugene. The more she involved him, the harder it would be to pull away

stubborn, so she reluctantly agreed

lay in bed, drifting in and out of consciousness, while Mrs. Lucy stayed by

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