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.

didn’t expect

that he could still 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 or

at me, his black eyes revealing a hint of confusion and wariness. I did

moment and shook his head slightly. “It’s

fire, and looked around before turning to leave. However, I had not gone far

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

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

so he knew how to survive in the forest. However, due to his injured leg, he could not walk, so he directed me on how to survive and find

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

bitten by a snake but luckily encountered border

brought to a border town in our homeland. I did not mention the malicious criminal still in the

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the cliff with me when I

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