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 to have this skill.”

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

confusion and wariness. I did

a moment and shook his head slightly. “It’s nothing. Go ahead;

to leave. However, I had not gone far

my tracks, turned to look at him, and saw him smiling from a distance. His voice was hoarse as he said, “I’ll wait for

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

he knew how to survive in the forest. However, due to his

went out

but luckily encountered border patrol personnel. Hearing me speak fluent English, they took me down the mountain and saved me.

did

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someone down the cliff with

never told anyone about it. In my heart, I hoped that Lucas would die in the mountains and his bones