Chapter 177

One of the doctors did a check-up on Theodore, treated the wound on his forehead, and diagnosed him as suffering from a slight

concussion.

Rosalie sat by Theodore's bedside. Grabbing his

asked with concern, "Theo, does it still hurt?"

hand tightly, she

"I'm fine, it doesn't hurt. You silly girl. Why did you act as a shield for

someone else? What if you got hurt?"

Theodore's brows were furrowed as deep concern-remorse, even- filled his eyes.

"She's not just someone else. She's my friend," Rosalie explained.

"But you're my wife. I care only for you."

welling up in her eyes again as they fell down her cheeks. She didn't expect Theodore to be the one to appear at that critical moment and

with his own body. He

more worried about her.

feelings of love and hate for him. She really had no

her face in his hands and wiping the tears

he speak too

the tears on her face away, and said, "I was just.... scared

attack for her. What if the middle-aged man had been holding a knife, or an even more aggressive weapon instead of a vase? What would she do, then? Although things had blown over, Rosalie still felt remnant fear pulsing through

he would a child. He rubbed her back gently, and said, "It's all over. I'm fine, and it's just a superficial

sounded in her ear; it felt like warm sunshine on

couple, and all those terrible. things that happened recently never happened before. He doted on her, protected her well, and was deeply in

wiped the tears away from her face, and stood up from his arms. "Theodore, why did you rush to protect me? What if the man was holding a

more she thought about it,

I can't just stand idly by and see you get hurt." He caressed her head in a doting fashion. "No matter what happens, I'll protect you." Rosalie's eyes grew red as she stared

between them replayed in her head like a silent

always like this, making her

then hopeful the

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