Getting Him Hooked: Mr. Freeman’s Indifferent Sinner Wife

Chapter 29

John sat by the bed and assured Dorothy gently. “It’s all good now, don’t be afraid.”

Dorothy batted her tear-soaked eyelashes, bit her lips, and looked at John. “Hug me, please?”

John paused for a while before embracing her in his arms.

Immediately, he heard the woes of the woman in his arms. “You left for so long, and Liv was also gone. My heart started to panic because I was so worried that something would happen to you two, so I went to the balcony to take a look.

“I didn’t expect a bat to come flying towards me, and it terrified me so much! I wanted to take something to shoo it away, but it aggravated my wounds, and after that… I don’t even know how I fainted.

“Johnny, why is it that when I called you, you didn’t answer? I was really worried that something might happen to you.”

John signed. He overthought just now. How could he have suspicion for kind, frail Dorothy?

“Sorry, I didn’t hear my phone ring. It won’t happen again.”

Dorothy nodded and responded with a soft “okay.”

Actually, she knew.

She knew about everything.

faint, so there was

for John to notice her, so she could come to the hospital to get to know

blood transfusion for her, she was ecstatic! If she was not pinching her thighs all this while, she

rest now, I’ll return

was already weak, what if

“I’m fine.”

you fine? It’s clear that you haven’t slept the entire night.

sick?

visit her before I leave and

understanding Dorothy was, ‘and his heart ached for her even more. He said to her gently, “Okay, I’ll make

“Okay.”

out of the ward, John got Wes to find

pretentiousness. “Sir, if you’re gonna hire a caretaker,

good idea to hire one for Olivia, so the caretaker could help to keep an eye on her so no other men could

hire two then.

Olivia and breathed a sigh of

the company, I’ll sleep

days had

“Okay.”

Olivia was dreaming again.

memory felt like a messy edit of a