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.

a faint smile. “I didn’t expect you

to get out of here for a while. Stay here,

eyes revealing a hint of confusion and wariness. I did not understand why he suddenly had this expression

a moment and shook his head slightly. “It’s nothing. Go ahead; I’ll wait here.”

and looked around before turning to leave. However,

look at him, and saw him smiling from a distance. His voice was hoarse as he

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,

his injured leg, he could not walk, so

got separated; it was a similar scene. I went out to find food, and he called me from afar, telling me,

I did not return. While searching for food, I was bitten by a snake but luckily encountered border patrol personnel. Hearing me speak fluent English, they took me down the mountain and

to a border town in our homeland. I did not

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the cliff with me when I

heart, I hoped that Lucas would die in the mountains and his bones and blood would only serve as offerings to the ancient trees there.