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.

so there was

was for John to notice her, so she

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

back and rest now, I’ll return home once my drips are

already weak, what if her wounds reopened once

“I’m fine.”

you fine? It’s clear that you haven’t slept the entire night. Hurry, go rest, what would

sick?

her before I leave and

how obedient and understanding Dorothy was, ‘and his heart ached for her even more. He said to her gently, “Okay, I’ll make a move. Call me if anything

“Okay.”

ward, John got Wes to find Dorothy a caretaker to

you’re gonna hire a caretaker, I think

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

hire two then.

breathed a sigh of relief. “Okay. Where are we

company, I’ll

forth these two days had delayed the project too

“Okay.”

Olivia was dreaming again.

was very chaotic, and her memory felt like a messy edit

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