Felix truly hadn't expected Carol to show up at the hospital, and his expression turned chilly as he approached the bedside, pulling

the weeping Listina into an embrace.

"Stop crying, okay?"

Listina's eyes simmered with resentment, especially since she was the one confined to the hospital bed, while that woman got to

see Felix every day.

"Felix, why don't you quit that job you have with her? I can't stand it if she comes here again. I'm feeling so messed up inside, filled

with doubts I can't shake off."

"Okay, don't overthink it."

Listina's lips curved, and her tears stopped just as quickly as they had come.

"Listina, the doctor's coming tomorrow. You'll need to cooperate with the check-up and get your strength back. Otherwise, the

chances of a successful surgery might drop."

"What are the odds?"

"About 70 percent, they said."

Panic flashed across Listina's face. Those were not the high odds she had hoped for; she couldn't bear the thought of leaving Felix

behind.

Sensing her fear, Felix lowered his gaze, holding her hand firmly, "It'll be okay."

After leaving the hospital, he called Carol, "Where are you?"

Carol had just returned to her apartment, her forehead throbbing painfully. Glancing in the mirror, she noticed a swollen bump had

formed.

have really lost her temper. Hearing Felix's voice on the phone, she

throwing an apple

again, Carol. I've told you, her emotions are unstable,

her lips pressing

"Did you tell her

"No."

"That's good."

felt like she was being treated as a dirty secret.

stago, she and Felix rarely argued.

Carol felt like a bomb was ticking in

a text explaining that Listina's parents had

so accommodating with Listina; there was

be angry, Carol. The

the hospital for

argue after reading his message; she had no choice but clam up.

cook dinner.

on her forehead, she had

spot, his voice filled

got this

"Yeah."

to lessen under his touch, but her heart ached for him, bearing the weight of past

parents, it was clear that other relatives were unwilling to step in. Felix had been supporting

years; it must have been

why he had

all his earnings

deep breath and called the hospital to prepay for all the surgery expenses, hoping to ease Felix's burden

kitchen, she couldn't bring herself to be angry at Listina any longer. Realizing

so long explained her behavior. She decided to pay her a visit sother day.

let her guard

believed that Listina's defensiveness stemmed from a lack of friends her own age,

mention her depression.

again, this twith an expensive fruit

monstrous at the

speak, only to hear Listina's

another round? Didn't

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