Facade of Love

Chapter 147 Madam Young’s Mishap

With that, I got to my feet. “Thanks for breakfast, but I’ve got to run,” I said.

Whether it was the investment project or the proof of Moore’s betrayal, I was not sure if this was Idris’s way of showing goodwill. Honestly, it did not matter to me anymore.

“Ouch!” I stood up too fast and collided with a waitress carrying a kettle of hot water. It sl*pped from her grasp, and the boiling water splashed onto my arm, making me gasp from the searing pain.

“Are you okay?” Idris was by my side in an instant, rolling up my sleeve to inspect the burn, his brow furrowed with concern.

His quick concern and the worry etched on his usually composed face caught me off guard, stirring something unexpected inside me.

I looked away, trying to downplay the burn and eager to leave. I tried to shrug him off, but as he rolled up my sleeve, I saw the angry red burn spreading across my wrist, sending waves of stinging pain up

my arm.

Idris’s eyebrows knitted together in a flash as he scooped me up, completely ignoring the waiter, who was apologizing with a look of sheer panic, and made a beeline for the bathroom

I was still in a fog, not quite catching on, and I squirmed, protesting, “Hey, put me down! I can walk on my own! What are you doing.

in front of the sink, cranking on the cold tap and plunging my

off some of the searing pain that had me in

was a low rumble close to

I was still half in his arms, especially

a second, then shifted, slipping out

at the burn on my wrist, his brow furrowed deeply. The burn was red and swollen, with a few ugly blisters popping

grossed out, I shut

to move, he caught my other wrist and guided me out

This Kuy

of baffling

me out of the restaurant and into the car, then dashed back

package in his

after he hopped in, saying firmly, “Ice

was giving me an ice pack, paused

buckded up, silent, and fired up the engine

found the doctor. It turned out my injury was not as bad as 1 feared–just a burn with a few blisters. The doctor patched me up quickly, reminding me to keep it dry and change the

creams for both my inside and out. Anyone