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.

her the soup. She ate

of devotion, tending to her bedside. Except for brief trips hto change clothes, he

always there.

of the night to hear

deliberately hushed.

round of checks, she was declared fit enough to go

and there she noticed Listina’s perflingering.

scent was unmistakable.

hit her, but she just frowned and turned

opened the door and stepped out.

took off at

foyer, she sank into

sfruit or something?” Felix asked

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

able to visit and had resorted to chatting with

fingers dance over the screen, he wondered who she was messaging. Lately, she played with her phone

she replying

one of them. After

how about sfruit?” He

Carol text Nathan about her discharge, the latter sending worried

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