Chapter 1013

After he had left, Maja wanted to pull the IV needle from her hand and head into the bathroom to brush her teeth, and her mouth tasted like metallic blood.

But just then, Maria came in, a hint of rebuke in her voice as she carried a bowl of freshly made soup.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, how could you knowingly neglect your stomach condition and not eat for two days? The doctor warned me that you need to take care of yourself. You must not forget to eat three meals a day, nor neglect it just because of work!”

Maja took the warm water Maria handed her to rinse her mouth, then looked at the delicious food on the small table, but she had no appetite.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, you must eat something. If your stomach condition acts up, you will feel much worse. You’ve already lost weight.”

Maja never experienced much family affection, but she knew Maria always treated her like a granddaughter.

Hearing her nagging now, she felt a sour pain in her heart and full of grievances she didn’t know who to share with.

She thought she had a beautiful promise and met a wonderful person whom she had been striving for, believing in.

But Patric had ruined it all. Just when she was about to find happiness, he personally pushed her into the abyss.

Maria sighed and placed the spoon in her palm.

“No matter what you’ve been through, you must eat. Coco was meowing downstairs–earlier, probably knowing you were not feeling well. Ah, if Mr. Raymond were here, that would be great. He may have a rough temper, but I think you actually like him.

Maja’s tears stopped abruptly. She hadn’t figured out how to explain this to lan.

weakness between them was their lack of

a meeting with

he found out

about it, her head aching, unsure if

food, remembering the phone call he

hung

then picked up her phone,

she couldn’t speak, so she had to

well, and I never said it was just for

was answering the question lan had asked her on the phone.

several members of the Haskins family. These were people brought

Maja, his complexion had been off. Now they

chair, fingers tapping

his people, and then he looked at

do you

lan’s power in North America. The place where the

not have been left by Holden but deliberately left

these

Eric

do with luring

figure out the connection between the two, and he worried that his grandfather indeed left

“lan?”

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