Facade of Love

Chapter 288 I’ll Wait for You

After adding firewood and enduring the light rain, I picked up a lot of drywood nearby and piled it next to Charlie. I snapped branches and used them to shield him from the wind. Worried about heavy rain, I also stacked some stones nearby. Fortunately, the place I chose was a partially open cave. Although it was different from the completely sheltered cave we had last night, with the help of branches and stones, it could still provide shelter from the wind and rain.

Once everything was set up, I checked on Charlie. He still had a sweaty forehead, and the clothes on him were damp, emitting some mist due to the fire in front of him.

“Mr. Yates,” I called out to him. He was shivering severely but managed to open his slightly and asked hoarsely, “What’s wrong?”

Seeing him like this, I could not help but feel even more guilty. “Are you okay?”

eyes

He looked at me, and after a few seconds, he noticed the fire in front of him. He looked at me and asked, “Did you start it?”

I nodded and reached out to touch his forehead, which was still very hot.

smile. “I didn’t expect you

said, “We might not be able to get out of here for a while. Stay here, and I’ll go look around for food or water sources

looked at me, his black eyes revealing a hint of confusion and wariness. I did not understand why he suddenly had this expression and

and shook his head slightly. “It’s

nodded, added more firewood to the fire, and looked around before turning to leave. However, I had not

a distance. His voice was hoarse

was stunned, and for some reason, this moment felt so familiar. It was as if I had experienced the exact same conversation before. Five years ago, after Lucas and I fell off the cliff, he injured his leg, and I had wounds on my abdomen. In the primitive forest, I initially wished for his death, but we ended up having to huddle together for

However, due to his injured leg, he could not walk, so he directed

scene. I went out to find food, and he called me from afar,

bitten by a snake but luckily encountered border patrol personnel. Hearing me speak fluent English, they took me down

to a border town in our homeland. I did not mention the malicious criminal still in the mountains to anyone, nor

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down the cliff with

I hoped that Lucas would die in the mountains and his bones and blood would only