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.

began to feed her the soup. She ate slowly and didn't ask a single question from

three days, Felix was the very picture of devotion, tending to her bedside. Except for brief

always there.

the night to hear the muffled sound of

deliberately hushed.

checks, she was declared

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

scent was unmistakable.

but she just frowned and

pulled up outside the Miller family mansion, she opened the door and stepped

took off at the

she sank into a

something?”

her phone, which was brimming with concerned messages

to visit and

fingers dance over the screen, he wondered who

frequently; was she replying to Maja’s

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

sfruit?” He repeated

discharge, the latter sending worried emojis followed by four

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