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.

not faint, so there was no actual severe

she could come to the hospital to get to know the

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

now, I’ll return home once

her. Dorothy was already

“I’m fine.”

the entire night. Hurry, go rest,

sick?

I leave and I’ll contact you if

heart ached for her even more. He said to her gently, “Okay, I’ll make a move. Call me

“Okay.”

out of the ward, John got Wes to find Dorothy a caretaker to take

hire

good idea to hire one for Olivia, so the caretaker could help to keep an eye on

two

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

company, I’ll

two days had delayed the project

“Okay.”

Olivia was dreaming again.

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