Felix's expression was a picture of calm as he gripped the steering wheel before slowly releasing it.

“Listina, if you step out now, I don’t know what they'll do to you.”

Listina’s sob caught in her throat; she suddenly realized Felix was trying to protect her. A smile teased the corners of her mouth as

she recognized that despite her recent conflict with Carol, Felix bore no hint of rebuke.

Her eyes got red as she reached out and gently clasped his arm.

“Felix, I was so angry, and that's why I thought of dealing with her that way. I won't do it again, okay? Please don't be mad at me.”

“Get out of the car. I gotta visit her at the hospital.”

Listina clenched her teeth, knowing this wasn’t the moment to argue.

When Felix arrived at the hospital, Carol was already sitting up in bed, leaning against the pillows.

He placed the soup he'd brought beside her and adjusted the angle of her bed. Carol remained silent, her eyes cast down, her

complexion pale.

She ate

devotion, tending to her

always there.

would wake in the middle of the night to hear the muffled sound of Felix on a conference

deliberately hushed.

of checks, she was declared fit enough to go hfor rest

in the passenger seat of Felix’s car, and there she noticed Listina’s perflingering. Whether it was deliberate

scent was unmistakable.

of nausea hit her, but she just frowned and turned to look out the

the door and stepped out. Felix followed, carrying a bag

took off at the

she sank into

sfruit or something?” Felix

glanced at her phone, which was brimming with concerned messages from Nathan. With Felix’s

to visit and had resorted to chatting with

screen, he wondered who she was messaging. Lately, she

she replying to Maja’s

be one of them. After all, she didn’t really have any other friends in

sfruit?”

text Nathan about her discharge, the latter sending worried emojis followed by

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