Felix took a deep breath and planted a soft kiss on her cheek.

"The lasagna's still in the oven. I'll finish up. You just chill and catch up on your show, and no scratching."

She felt a tingling sensation in her heart, "Okay."

He rose and returned to the kitchen, finalizing dinner for the two of them.

Later that evening, as they nestled into the couch watching a reality TV show, Carol was itching like crazy. She reached up to

scratch her neck, but Felix caught her hand and pressed it down.

She pouted playfully. When he released her hand, she pretended to scratch again. He pressed it down once more.

After five or six rounds of this cat-and-mouse game, even a fool would realize she was doing it on purpose. Felix didn't say a word;

a little teasing was harmless.

After the show, he helped her with her bath. Her face, neck, and back were covered in small, itchy bumps. The medication had

been taken, but its effects hadn't kicked in yet.

Carol wrapped her arms around his waist, playfully splashing water on him, and then tried to hug his neck but he dodged her.

"You've got the breath of a durian."

Her face flushed, and she immediately grabbed the toothbrush to freshen up, forgetting about her injured hand. The pain turned

her face pale.

temples, lips pressed tightly together, and

her neck once again. Felix caught her hand and this

finally relaxed and let out a gentle laugh. Felix wasn't asleep; he watched the shadows dance

laughter, a smile

known before. She was falling for Felix even more, and

grew. She knew that once Listina's operation was over, it

news to Abner.

and Felix might not accept her true identity. She had to start laying the

BlueSky Bar, did you

the tracks? And did they ever find

knew got caught by her family, ended up with a broken arm, and was shipped

again."

inwardly and quickly shifted

the story you told is rare. Most wealthy

she was getting at and hugged her a bit

"Let's get ssleep."

couldn't sleep; she was just beginning to probe, and she felt blocked

you're such a great guy. If I were a rich girl,

sentence, she instinctively intertwined her fingers with his. This

"Sleep now."

didn't believe in such

went by, and the

the money at the hospital,

its potential for success. Carol, learning from past mistakes,

from the hospital.

Listina down, sometimes staying out all night. Carol's hand had healed, but

her

breakfast every morning, she worried about him, knowing he must

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