Her Vengeful Rebirth

Chapter 179 Not Because Of You

At that time, Kallum was still upset. What happened earlier was truly a blow to his pride. Flow am I supposed to wear the pants in the family in the future?

It seemed as though she could sense what he was thinking. Calista raised her eyebrows slightly. “What’s the matter? Are you displeased because I carried you?”

Kallum turned his head to the side, holding back the pain as he muttered, “No.”

Seeing him throw a tantrum, Calista found it quite amusing. A smirk tugged at the corner of her lips as she climbed onto the bed and lowered her voice to say, “Should I let you carry me back?”

Kallum looked at her, surprised. However, he wasn’t one to turn down a good thing when it was offered. Most importantly, when he was feeling down, holding her seemed to make everything much better.

Yet, Calista refused to let him hold her. Chuckling slightly, she asked, “What’s the matter? Aren’t you going through the documents anymore?”

Upon seeing her disobedience, Kallum decided to remind her, “Today is my birthday!”

“So what?” Calista tilted her head.

Kallum displayed a complex expression. Am I not entitled to some perks? We were clearly close during the day. Indeed, a drunk Callie is more endearing.

Right then, she saw him frown and thought he was in pain again. Without thinking, she pressed her hand. against his stomach and asked, “Does it hurt a lot?”

Most of the time, Kallum wouldn’t show any signs of pain. Hence, if something made him furrow his brow, it had to truly hurt.

All was well until Calista touched it. The pain that Kallum had been enduring suddenly heightened upon

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assure her he was fine. However, a sudden surge of pain hit him, as if it was drilling

intensified the viral outbreak by night. His fists gradually tightened, and he experienced an alarming sensation of breathlessness.

“Lie down!”

needles to administer acupuncture, a treatment that was originally scheduled for the third day. But under the circumstances, she couldn’t afford to wait any

up slightly. He didn’t utter a sound, but

stomach pumping, he didn’t take the proper rest and

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soon realized that it wasn’t the third day yet. She had to perform acupuncture

returned to normal. However, Calista’s lips turned pale. She gritted her teeth and collected all the needles, but she no longer had the energy

he quickly held her in his arms. “Are you all right?”

lacking the strength to

heart aching. Every time it came to this, he despised himself. I’m the cause of

don’t blame you. If I hadn’t stopped you from taking the painkillers, you wouldn’t be in such distress.”

she decided not to get up at all. Over the past year, they had shared a bed every night. Although we’ve never been intimate with each other, he has seen it

head. “I know you mean well for

in agreement. “Those pills have strong side effects. At first, taking one a day could relieve your pain, but eventually, you would need more and more. In the end, you could consume a whole bottle in a day, yet still not find relief from the pain. If that were to happen, your body would be in a terrible state. I don’t

Callie spoke with such certainty as if she had seen

actually her personal experience. As Calista closed her eyes, the chill enveloping her body seemed to bring past memories into sharp

one or two pills, but it escalated to entire bottles. Gradually, she couldn’t afford those expensive drugs anymore, so she resorted to cheaper alternatives, which were utterly ineffective. The long–term consumption of painkillers could cause irreversible damage to the body, a cruel reality she had come to