Crossroads

Chapter 320

Chapter 320

Scott devoured the big plate of pasta, savoring every bite, feeling physically and mentally satisfied.

Looking up, he saw Molly in the living room, looking pale and sickly. She barely touched her food, but thankfully, the was obediently drinking water and taking her medicine without coaxing.

“Do you still have a fever?” Scott walked over to help her clear the dishes, noticing her pale face and contemplating whether modrag her to the hospital

“I took my temperature. It’s 98.6 degrees. No fever, just a headache, probably a cold” Molly spoke nasally, sluggishly watching Scott take the dishes to the kitchen to wash Out of habit, she almost instinctively stood up. “Ill wash them.”

Scott

put on an apron and turned his head with a somewhat complex expression. “Don’t worry I won’t break your dishes”

“That’s not what I meant. It’s winter, and there’s no hot water from the rap, and you’re not used to kitchen work, Molly weakly explained. She used to be his housekeeper and never dared to let the big boss lift a finger.

“Do you think I’m afraid of a bit of cold water!” Scott frowned, seeming annoyed by her nagging. “Go lie down. Doing dishes is easy. Are you hovering here because you don’t trust me to handle it?”

“Of course not,” Molly replied sullenly. How could she dare doubt him

Warching his back as he wore the apron, he seemed to handle it well, but he used too much dish soap, Suddenly, Molly found it a bit amusing.

She turned and went back to her bedroom. She was used to living alone. Her house was usually quiet. The last time a man had been in her kitchen was Oscar Oscar was great at cooking, seamlessly handling knives and pans. Watching him cook had left her in awe. Compared to Oscar, Scott was

no match

Yet now. Molly found Scott’s clumsy dishwashing more endearing. Lying on her bed, closing her eyes, she couldn’t stop thinking about him.

Maybe it was because she liked him. She didn’t know when it started, but she’d secretly liked him for a long time.

After taking her medicine, Molly thought she would be fine after a nap. So, she endured the dull pain in her head without telling him.

Used to being scorned by her mother and bullied by her stepfather and brother, she had learned to be strong. When other girls cried and whined. she knew that after crying, she should buy medicine and treat her wounds because no one would comfort her.

Enduring the pain in her temples, she thought of her ordinary childhood, being bullied and looking dirty, and slowly drifted off to sleep.

Scott took half an hour to wash three

rinsing the dishes over and over, constantly doubting whether they were clean enough. Unfortunately, this resulted in water splash out of the sink upon the floor, and he had to fetch a

to sip some coffee. Glancing at the clock next to the TV cabinet, he realized it was already 4

the dead of night, a man like him staying in a woman’s

silent for three minutes before

kept dragging this on he would

didn’t want to bring more chaos into her

on the coffee table. As he stood up hastily,

glancing at it casually, and immediately

the medicine into the trash. “It’s been expired for six months, yet

Without tomber thenight.

bedom When he touched her

wanted to burn

car, calling her name softly, but the woman on the bed only turnes uncomfortably in her sleep and didn’t wake up Senti stoned by the land, besitating whether to let her sleep or to

10:28 AM

Chapter 320

thermometer read 100.4 degrees. Her already muddled brain would become even more

with her eyes

so troublesome,” he

He could promptly refuse or accept even in his complicated relationship with Chloe. This indecision

buy some new fever and cold medicine from a nearby

wasn’t easy. After wandering around, he found that the 24–hour convenience store didn’t sell medicine. He walked for half an hour before finally spotting a

returned to her apartment, it was already 3:20

take her medicine. As he approached the bed, the light

an alarm and reached out to

on the screen, he realized it was Molly’s

in the quiet room, grating on his ne

ΠΕΠΕΙ.

picked up the phone, and left the room before answering calmly, “Molly has a severe cold and needs

voice, Andrea interrupted him with a loud, accusatory

“Who are

Molly!

have my

daughter’s

making Scott frown as

to explain patiently, “She has a cold today. I’m at her

upon learning that a man was at her daughter’s house late at night, immediately flew into a rage. “You’re with Molly now? In the middle of the night? You must be taking advantage of my daughter. Em warning you, leave immediately or I’ll call the police. And my daughter has a boyfriend.

creak, the bedroom door opened behind him.

to look at

up, vaguely hearing her mother’s familiar shrill voice. She saw Scott holding her p

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