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.

managed a faint smile. “I didn’t expect you to have

muster some humor, I said, “We might not be able to get out of here for a

a hint of confusion and wariness. I did not understand why he

for a moment and shook his head slightly.

turning to leave. However, I

him smiling from a distance. His voice was hoarse as he said, “I’ll

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

to his injured leg, he could not walk, so he

remember the day when Lucas and I got separated; it was a similar scene. I went out to find food,

did not return. While searching for food, I was bitten by a snake but luckily encountered border patrol personnel. Hearing me

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

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cliff with me when I

Lucas would die in the mountains and his bones and blood would only serve as offerings